Julie Camacho (born November 1966) is a British Group 1 winning racehorse trainer who specialises in training horses for flat racing. She trains near Malton, North Yorkshire, 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 Luca Cumani, 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

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; Avro Anson finished in 17th place. Camacho achieved her first

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win in 2018, when Judicial won the Group 3

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. He went on to win the

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and the

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in 2019, the Group 3

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in 2020, and the

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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

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on 23 June 2023. Three weeks later he claimed another Group 1 victory when winning the

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 metres ...

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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- (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 metres ...

- (1) - ''Shaquille (2023)''

References

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