Venetia Williams

Venetia Williams (born 10 May 1960) is an English racehorse trainer specialising in National Hunt racing.

She won the Hennessy Gold Cup and King George VI Chase with Teeton Mill in 1998, and went on to win the 2009 Grand National with 100-1 outsider Mon Mome.

She started as an amateur National Hunt jockey, she rode in the Grand National in 1988 and fell at Bechers Brook, and another fall 2 weeks later at Worcester Racecourse, she was forced to retire after sustaining a broken neck.

[1] She worked for racehorse trainers Martin Pipe and John Edwards, before herself taking up a licence to train in 1995.

"[2] She also trained Teeton Mill, winner of the Hennessy Gold Cup and King George VI Chase in 1998.