Quilter Cheviot was pleased to talk to renowned racehorse trainer Jonjo O’Neill and his son, Jonjo Junior, at BBC Countryfi le Live 2018. Here, we include some highlights from the talk.
Jonjo, can you run us through a typical day?
A typical day, if there can be such a thing when you’re training racehorses, starts at around 6am when I meet up with Johnny Kavanagh our Head Man who will have already checked nothing untoward has happened overnight. I try to watch every lot – there could be fi ve of them – through to 11.30 and between times do the declarations for the following day and entries for the next week. We frequently have owners visiting which is brilliant. If I’ve to be away racing, I’ll be in the car by midday. I’ll be speaking with owners most of the time and, at the races making sure everyone has what they need to enjoy the day – and hopefully have a bit of luck! Depending on how many runners we have, I’ll be home early evening and have a bit of family time.
Other days, the afternoon is a great time to spend more time with owners. We have 500 acres that includes some lovely paddocks. It’s like a fi ve star hotel for horses. Like any business, the more time I can spend with the team, the better. As well as Johnny, we have Alan Berry who was a top amateur and who looks after some of the high profi le horses such as Don’t Push It who won the National in 2010. Finding and keeping the best rider, grooms and other staff , as well as the jockeys, is key to being successful.
You’re associated with National Hunt “jump” racing, but you’ve also got a number of Flat horses in training. What are the diff erences between the two codes?
The weather’s a lot better for Flat racing, that’s for sure, and with no jumps, it’s a little more straightforward. That’s not to say it’s any easier to train winners. We have more runners on the fl at than we used to, partly because it’s proving more attractive for owners to see a young horse be campaigned on the fl at before he or she goes jumping, and partly because that’s what suits the horses best. Owners can continue on the fl at all year round now with the all-weather surfaces or move on to jumping. The surfaces are brilliant and it’s a great way to build up a horse’s confi dence and ability. You need the right sort of horse to run on the fl at at higher levels. They need gears and even the best hurdlers are often found wanting for speed. That’s mostly about breeding. In and around the Cotswolds where we train, it’s all about jumping; that’s what the owners like. When we fi nd the right horse and the owner buys into the idea, we have a lot of fun at Ascot telling the fl at trainers “look out, here we come”.
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