Jane Chapple-Hyam (born October 1966) is an Australian-British racehorse trainer based in Newmarket. She trains horses to run on the flat and saddled her first

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winner in September 2021.

Background

Chapple-Hyam was born Jane Peacock in Melbourne, Australia. Her parents were Susan Rossiter and politician

Andrew Peacock Andrew Sharp Peacock (13 February 193916 April 2021) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He served as a cabinet minister and went on to become leader of the Liberal Party on two occasions (1983–1985 and 1989–1990), leading the part ...

. Chapple-Hyam was involved with racing from an early age; her father was the owner of Leilani, winner of the 1974

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. She attended

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and did work experience with trainer

Colin Hayes Colin Sidney Hayes (16 February 1924 – 21 May 1999) was an Australian champion trainer of thoroughbred racehorses based in Adelaide, South Australia. During his career he trained 5,333 winners including 524 individual Group or Listed winn ...

. Her parents divorced in 1977 and in 1978 her mother married the British businessman and thoroughbred owner

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. Their horse

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won the

Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club that forms part of the ...

in 1980. Chapple Hyam spent holidays with her mother and stepfather in England and at the age of 17 did a course in stud management at the

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in Newmarket. While working at her stepfather's Manton House stables near

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, she met her future husband

Peter Chapple-Hyam Peter Chapple-Hyam (born 2 April 1963 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England) is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He trained Dr Devious to win The Derby in 1992 and repeated the feat with Authorized in 2007. He managed two Group One wins in hi ...

Career as a trainer

In 2005, with her marriage over, Chapple-Hyam moved to Newmarket and took out a licence to train on her own account. Her first major success came in 2006 when 100/1 outsider Mudawin, ridden by John Egan, won the

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. Her first Group race success came in October 2010, when Klammer, ridden by

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, won the

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at Newbury. In 2012 Chapple-Hyam acquired the six-year-old Mull of Killough, who went on to win three Group 3 races at Newmarket: the 2012

Darley Stakes The Darley Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile and 1 furlong (1,811 ...

and the 2013 and 2014

Earl of Sefton Stakes The Earl of Sefton Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 1 furlong (1,811 metr ...

. He also ran in Group 1 races in Singapore, US and Australia and a Group 2 race in Dubai, without being able to repeat the success he had on his home turf. There were more Group 3 successes with Energia Davos and Saffron Beach before the trainer landed her first Group 1 victory when Saffron Beach, ridden by

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, won the 2021

Sun Chariot Stakes The Sun Chariot Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,60 ...

at Newmarket, beating favourite

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by three lengths. "It's fantastic to finally have our first Group 1 winner and especially for it to be at our local track. That is some compensation for being beaten in the

1,000 Guineas The 1000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1, ...

..." she said, referring to the fact that Saffron Beach had come second to Mother Earth in the 1,000 Guineas.

Major wins

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July Cup The July Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 me ...

- (1) - ''Mill Stream (2024)'' *

- (1) - '' Saffron Beach (2022)'' ----

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Prix Rothschild The Prix Rothschild is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and ...

- (1) - '' Saffron Beach (2022)''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapple-Hyam, Jane 1966 births Living people British racehorse trainers Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom Horse trainers from Melbourne People educated at Geelong Grammar School