From pulling pints on a cruise ship to Grade One victory: everything you need to know about racehorse trainer Milton Harris

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Milton Harris 2J095R7 Trainer Milton Harris during day three of the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. Picture date: Thursday March 17, 2022.
2J095R7 Trainer Milton Harris during day three of the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. Picture date: Thursday March 17, 2022.
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This afternoon (7 April), racehorse trainer Milton Harris celebrated his first Grade One winner when Knight Salute won the four-year-old juvenile hurdle at the Grand National meeting at Aintree Racecourse. Here, we find out a little bit more about him…

1. Milton Harris has a license to train both Flat and National Hunt (jump) racehorses.

Gemma Redrup
Gemma Redrup
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.