In The Beginning

David Nicholls began training in 1992. After a successful career as a jockey he decided to turn his hand to training, and what a decision this has proved to be. David started training with only 5 horses with the help of his wife, champion lady Jockey Alex Greaves, he now has around 100 under his care.

David has trained winners of many of the top sprint races, including:-

• The Ayr Gold Cup five times with Continent, Bahamian Pirate, Funfair Wane (twice) and Regal Parade (he also trained the second to Regal Parade too - Tajneed).
• The Nunthorpe twice with Ya Malak and Bahamian Pirate.
• The July Cup and the Prix L'Abbaye in the same year with Continent.
• The Haydock Park Sprint Cup with Regal Parade.
• The Vodafone Epsom Dash with Rudi's Pet, Atlantic Viking and Fire Up The Band. 
• The Wokingham with Lafi.
• The Stewards Cup with Gift Horse. 
• The Gosforth Park Cup three times with Rudi's Pet, Peace Offering and Buachaill Dona. 
• The Great St. Wilfrid twice with Ice Planet and Tajneed (he had the second both years he won as well with Pieter Brueghel and Valery Borzov respectively).
• The Scurry (Curragh) with Machinist.
• The Rockingham Handicap (Curragh) twice with Awake and Masta Plasta.
• The Buckingham Palace Stakes with Regal Parade.

For The Future


In 2009 David trained the winners of 72 races, earning over 1.3 million sterling in prize money. He saddled the winners of races in France and Ireland as well as at home. He also trained the winners of 17 two-year-old only races earning over £217,000 with his two-year-olds alone. Two of his two-year-olds also are black type winners. He trained Regal Parade to win the Group 1 Haydock Park Sprint Cup when partnered by his son Adrain, the first time Adrain had won at Group 1 level. Be part of the David Nicholls success story, join him and his team in the next chapter and become a winner.

Winners