Julie Camacho (born November 1966) is a British

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winning

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who specialises in training horses for

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. She trains near

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, with her husband Steve Brown as assistant trainer. In 2023 she became the first female trainer in Britain to pass the £1 million mark in prize money in a season.

Career

Camacho took over the licence at Star Cottage yard in Malton from her father, Maurice Camacho, in 1998. Her husband, Steve Brown, who had formerly been assistant to

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, became her assistant trainer. As well as training, the family also breed racehorses. Although Camacho trains mainly on the flat, she holds a dual licence. She saddled a runner in the 1999 Grand National; Avro Anson finished in 17th place. Camacho achieved her first

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win in 2018, when Judicial won the Group 3 Sprint Stakes at

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. He went on to win the Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes and the

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in 2019, the Group 3

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in 2020, and the Queensferry Stakes in 2020 and 2021. He was still winning aged ten in 2022. It was another sprinter, Shaquille, who provided Camacho with her first Group 1 win and also her first

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win, with victory in the Commonwealth Cup on 23 June 2023. Three weeks later he claimed another Group 1 victory when winning the

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at Newmarket. After the race Camacho said: "It's a massive moment. We are a small yard in the North. It's lovely to be able to come down here with a horse like him and show how good he is." With Shaquille's win in the July Cup, Camacho became the first female trainer in Britain to win more than £1 million prize money in a season.

Major wins

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* Commonwealth Cup - (1) - ''Shaquille (2023)'' *

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) - ''Shaquille (2023)''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Camacho, Julie 1966 births Living people British racehorse trainers People from Yorkshire