Mick Channon
Michael Roger ‘Mick’ Channon (born 28 November 1948 in Orcheston, Wiltshire, United Kingdom) is a sportsman who enjoyed a career as a feared football goalscorer with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer.
Channon always had an interest in horse racing during his football career, and he began working as an assistant trainer after hanging up his boots, before becoming a licensed trainer in his own right in 1990. He initially had ten horses.
He then moved to the West Ilsley stables near Newbury, formerly owned by the Queen and began to increase his number of horses, eventually ending up with almost 200.
In 2002 he ended the season with 123 winners, topping the 100-mark for the first time in his career. He is one of the sport’s most respected trainers, though has yet to produce a winner of one of the Classic Races.
Among owners who have had their horses with Channon are old colleagues and acquaintances from his footballing days, including Keegan, Alan Ball and Sir Alex Ferguson.
Major wins
Great Britain
- Cheveley Park Stakes - (2) - Seazun (1999), Queen’s Logic (2001)
- Dewhurst Stakes - (1) - Tobougg (2000)
- Nunthorpe Stakes - (1) - Piccolo (1994)
- St. James’s Palace Stakes - (1) - Zafeen (2003)
- Sun Chariot Stakes - (1) - Majestic Roi (2007)
France
- Prix Morny - (1) - Silca’s Sister (2005)
- Prix de la Salamandre - (1) - Tobougg (2000)
Germany
- Preis von Europa - (1) - Youmzain (2006)
Ireland
- Moyglare Stud Stakes - (1) - Mail the Desert (2002)
Italy
- Premio Roma - (1) - Imperial Dancer (2003)
