Mary Reveley

Mary Christiana Reveley (née Allison, 22 September 1940 – 30 October 2017) was an English racehorse trainer. She trained over 2,000 winners in a 26-year career, was the first woman to saddle 100 winners in a calendar year (in 1991), and also became the first female trainer to saddle 50 winners on the flat (in 1992).

Career She was born on 22 September 1940 to Harry Allison, a farmer, at Groundhill Farm, Lingdale, Yorkshire, where she lived and trained throughout her life. She started training in 1978 and had her first winner, Hello Louis, on 26 May 1979 in a maiden hunter chase at Cartmel. Her first winner on the flat was King Charlemagne at Edinburgh on 11 July 1983.

Until 1981, she trained with a permit, and then with a full licence for 23 years. She trained from Groundhill Farm except for a short period in 1989-90, when she was based at Whitewall Cottages, Malton, North Yorkshire.

She had remarkable success with Cab On Target, winning the Grade 1 Future Champion Novices' Chase, the Long Distance Hurdles at Newbury and Ascot, and the West Yorkshire Hurdle twice, among a total of 20 wins from 46 races. Her other Grade 1 winner was Morgan's Harbour in the 1995 Sefton Novices' Hurdle, while Marello was a multiple Grade 2 winner. Other major winners included Seven Towers in the Midlands Grand National in 1997 and Into The Red in the Becher Chase in 1994 and 1996. Peter Niven was a regular jockey for her.