Nicholas Gordon Richards (born 25 February 1956 in Alnwick, Northumberland) is a British racehorse trainer specialising mainly in National Hunt racing.
He is based at stables at Greystoke, near Penrith, Cumbria, England He was British champion amateur flat jockey in 1973 and subsequently worked as assistant trainer to his father, Gordon W. Richards.
He saddled a winner with his first runner, Better Times Ahead, at Carlisle Racecourse in October 1998.
One of Richards most successful days as a trainer came at the Aintree Festival on 7 April 2005,when he trained three winners on the card.
The horses involved were Monet's Garden, Faasel, and Turpin Green.