(1946-06-11) 11 June 1946 (age 77) Hoby, Leicestershire, England
Nationality
British
Major racing wins
Grand National (1983, 1995) Cheltenham Gold Cup (1984, 1991)
Honours
OBE
Significant horses
Corbiere, Royal Athlete, Esha Ness, Burrough Hill Lad, Garrison Savannah
Jennifer Susan Pitman OBE (néeHarvey, born 11 June 1946[1][2][3]) is a British former racehorse trainer and author. She became the first woman to train a Grand National winner when Corbiere won the race in 1983, and she won a second Grand National with Royal Athlete in 1995. She has also trained two Cheltenham Gold Cup winners with Burrough Hill Lad in 1984 and Garrison Savanah in 1991. Following her retirement from horse training in 1998, she became a writer of novels, principally with a racing theme. She is a member of the Disciplinary Panel and Licensing Committee of the British Horseracing Authority.
^ISBN 1-85225-254-5 "Jenny Pitman, The Autobiography"
^"BBC - Radio 4 Woman's Hour - Timeline:Jenny Pitman". bbc.co.uk. 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
^"Pitman gives thanks for her dream career". The Independent. 10 April 1995. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
he has written seven racing novels and five non-fiction books. Pitman married Jenny in 1965 and they had two sons, Mark and Paul. In 1968 they bought...
(in the second-fastest time ever), ridden by John White, trained by JennyPitman and owned by Patrick Bancroft. The 1997 Grand National was postponed...
Grand National, trained by JennyPitman at Weathercock House Jason Titley on Royal Athlete in 1995, trained by JennyPitman at Weathercock House Leighton...
1935), TV journalist Chapman Pincher (1914–2012), journalist and author JennyPitman (born 1946), racehorse trainer and author Charles Portal, 1st Viscount...
victory in the race for trainer JennyPitman of Lambourn, Berkshire, and ran in the colours of Gary and Libby Johnson. Pitman collected £118,854 of a total...
land the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup less than three months later. Trainer JennyPitman had the previous season saddled Corbière to win the Welsh and Aintree...
her treatment. The inaugural recipient of the award was horse trainer JennyPitman, in 1999. Other winners include South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar...
of adversity". Its first recipient was retired National Hunt trainer JennyPitman, who was herself diagnosed with cancer, and was presented with the award...
victory made her only the second female trainer to win the race, after JennyPitman. After the race, even Williams was shocked by the outcome, stating "How...
Francome's most successful horses was Burrough Hill Lad, trained by JennyPitman. Francome took victories in the Welsh Grand National, Hennessy Gold Cup...
declared void due to an unrecalled false start. In 1995 his trainer JennyPitman tried to talk the owners, Gary and Libby Johnson out of running him at...
was won by Garrison Savannah. The winner was ridden by Mark Pitman and trained by JennyPitman. The pre-race favourite Celtic Shot finished seventh. The...
Prince 10 10-01 Peter Hobbs Philip Hobbs 1990 Willsford 7 11-00 Mark PitmanJennyPitman 1991 Bonanza Boy 10 11-10 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe 1992 Laura's...
Record of the Year. 12 December – Recently retired National Hunt trainer JennyPitman is presented with the first Helen Rollason Award at the 1999 BBC Sports...
first Grand National winner to have been trained by a female trainer in JennyPitman. His jockey was Ben de Haan. The favourite of the 41-strong field was...
Bolger), Australia (Bill Mitchell and Brian Mayfield Smith) and England (JennyPitman). He began training near Carrick-on-Suir at the age of 25 with runners...
owned by Arnold Kaplan, Robert Johnson and David Johnson and trained by JennyPitman. He was named after a block of flats where Robert and his wife, Janet...
the botanist David Bellamy and racehorse trainers Ginger McCain and JennyPitman. Cheshire portal History of agriculture in Cheshire International Cheese...
Peck Amanda Perrett Atty Persse Lester Piggott David Pipe Martin Pipe JennyPitman John Porter Mark Prescott Ryan Price Micky Quinn Andrew Reid Mary Reveley...
Oyster Pond Graham McCourt Matt McCourt 1986 Von Trappe Ben de Haan JennyPitman 1987 Sun Rising 9 Kevin Mooney Fulke Walwyn 1988 Farmlea Boy 8 10-04...
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