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John Best (Racehorse Trainer)

John Best (born 11 January 1962) trains thoroughbred racehorses in the village of Hucking, Kent, England. He started training Point to Point and Hunter Chasers in 1997 and won his first race as a professional in May of that year with a horse called Hever Golf Diamond. In 1999 he was granted a flat racing licence and his first winner was a horse called Santiburi Girl. In 2004 he recorded his first century of winners and was named as Timeform's leading up and coming UK trainer. He is most well known for training the sprinter Group 1 winner Kingsgate Native in 2007 and Stone of Folca in 2011 who was the fastest horse in history since electronic timing began.

Major Wins

 * Rising Cross, Listed Lupe Stakes, Goodwood, 2006, jockey George Baker
 * Rising Cross, Group 2 Park Hill Stakes, York, 2006, jockey Martin Dwyer
 * Kingsgate Native, Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes, York, 2007, jockey Jimmy Quinn
 * Flashmans Papers, Listed Windsor Castle Stakes, Royal Ascot, 2008, jockey Steve Drowne
 * Kingsgate Native, Group 1 Jubilee Stakes, Royal Ascot, 2008, jockey Seb Sanders
 * Square Eddie, Grade 1 Lane's End Breeders' Futurity Stakes, Keeneland USA, 2008, jockey R Bejarano
 * Stone of Folca, Investec Dash, Epsom Derby Day, 2012, jockey Luke Morris