Trainers
Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards
Matamata
| Horses in training | 1 |
| Starts since last win | 8 |
| Fresh | 204:36:29:93 |
| 1st Start | 207:39:38:92 |
Current Partnership Stats Overview
| Wins | Stakes | Starts | G&L | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 263 | $8,885,012 | 1495 | ||
| G & L | 38 | $6,197,233 | 228 | ||
| 2017/18 | 81 | $3,689,993 | 421 | 17 | 5.20 |
| 2016/17 | 74 | $2,961,969 | 474 | 10 | 6.41 |
| 2015/16 | 104 | $2,156,100 | 553 | 10 | 5.32 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | $76,950 | 47 | 1 | 11.75 |
The Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards partnership formed in May 2015 and success came quickly, their first winner together was Stella Di Paco in the Listed Castletown Stakes at Wanganui on the 30th of May 2015.
In their first full season training together, the Te Akau Racing duo prepared 104 winners for stakes of $2,156,100 and a strike-rate of 5.32. Ten of the Matamata-based stable’s winners were in black-type races and four of them – Xtravagant (2), Risque and Heroic Valour – were at Group One level.
As well as winning the Trainers Premiership, they were crowned Dunstan Trainers of the Year for the 2015/16 season at the annual awards Horse of the Year dinner.