Miles Henry 'Peter' Easterby (born 5 August 1929) is a retired British
racehorse
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trainer. He was
British jump racing Champion Trainer
The Champion Trainer of National Hunt racing in Great Britain is the trainer whose horses have won the most prize money during a season. The list below shows the Champion Trainer for each season since 1945–46.
Winners
* 1945–46 - Tommy Rays ...
three times.
From starting with seven horses at his stables at Habton Grange near
Malton, North Yorkshire
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in 1950, he became one of the most successful trainers in British racing by the time he retired in February 1996. He is the only trainer to have saddled over 1,000 winners in Britain in both
flat
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and
National Hunt racing
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.
He was Champion trainer in the 1978/79, 1979/80 and 1980/81 seasons and amongst the horses he trained were