# Gavin Cromwell

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Irish racehorse trainer

**Gavin Cromwell** (born 29 September 1974) is an Irish dual-purpose racehorse trainer. He has won multiple Grade 1 races, including the 2025 [Cheltenham Gold Cup](/source/Cheltenham_Gold_Cup).

## Background

Cromwell comes from [Ardcath](/source/Ardcath), [County Meath](/source/County_Meath), where his grandfather and uncle trained horses.[1][2] Originally hoping to become a jockey, Cromwell worked in yards in Ireland, [Newmarket](/source/Newmarket%2C_Suffolk) and Australia, before returning to Ireland to start a four-year [farrier](/source/Farrier) apprenticeship.[2] He took out a trainer's licence in 2005, while continuing to work as a farrier until he became established.[2]

## Career as a trainer

Cromwell sent out his first winner from his Danestown yard in April 2007, when Dodder Walk won a handicap [hurdle](/source/Hurdling_(horse_race)) at [Cork](/source/Cork_Racecourse).[3][4] He achieved his first Grade 1 success when Jer's Girl won the [Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final](/source/Honeysuckle_Mares_Novice_Hurdle) at [Fairyhouse](/source/Fairyhouse_Racecourse) in March 2016.[4] His first success at the [Cheltenham Festival](/source/Cheltenham_Festival) came in 2019, when [Espoir d'Allen](/source/Espoir_d'Allen) won the [Champion Hurdle](/source/Champion_Hurdle).[4] When [Inothewayurthinkin](/source/Inothewayurthinkin), owned by [J. P. McManus](/source/J._P._McManus) and ridden by [Mark Walsh](/source/Mark_Walsh_(jockey)), won the [Cheltenham Gold Cup](/source/Cheltenham_Gold_Cup) in 2025, it was the trainer's eighth victory at the Festival.[4]

Although better known as a [National Hunt](/source/National_hunt_racing) trainer, Cromwell also trains horses to run on the flat and is one of the few trainers to have had winners at both the Cheltenham Festival and [Royal Ascot](/source/Royal_Ascot), where his first winner was Quick Suzy in the Grade 2 [Queen Mary Stakes](/source/Queen_Mary_Stakes).[3][4]

## Personal life

Cromwell is married to Kiva, with whom he has three children.[5]

## Cheltenham Festival winners (9)

- [Cheltenham Gold Cup](/source/Cheltenham_Gold_Cup) - (1) [Inothewayurthinkin](/source/Inothewayurthinkin) (2025)

- [Champion Hurdle](/source/Champion_Hurdle) - (1) [Espoir d'Allen](/source/Espoir_d'Allen) (2019)

- [Stayers' Hurdle](/source/Stayers'_Hurdle) - (2) [Flooring Porter](/source/Flooring_Porter) (2021, 2022)

- [Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle](/source/Spa_Novices'_Hurdle) - (1) Vanillier (2021)

- [Liberthine Mares' Chase](/source/Liberthine_Mares'_Chase) - (1) Limerick Lace (2024)

- [Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup](/source/Fulke_Walwyn_Kim_Muir_Challenge_Cup) - (1) [Inothewayurthinkin](/source/Inothewayurthinkin) (2024)

- [Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase](/source/Glenfarclas_Cross_Country_Chase) - (1) Stumptown (2025), Final Orders (2026)

## Other major wins

**Ireland**

- [Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final](/source/Honeysuckle_Mares_Novice_Hurdle) - (1) Jer's Girl (2016)

- [Tattersalls Ireland Champion Novice Hurdle](/source/Alanna_Homes_Champion_Novice_Hurdle) - (1) Jer's Girl (2016)

- [Christmas Hurdle](/source/Christmas_Hurdle_(Ireland)) - (1) Flooring Porter (2020)

- [Spring Juvenile Hurdle](/source/Spring_Juvenile_Hurdle) - (1) Hello Neighbour (2025)

**Great Britain**

- [Mildmay Novices' Chase](/source/Mildmay_Novices'_Chase) - (1) [Inothewayurthinkin](/source/Inothewayurthinkin) (2024)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Meath_1-0)** ["Exclusive; Gavin Cromwell the man behind the horses"](https://meathlive.net/2023/11/27/exclusive-gavin-cromwell-the-man-behind-the-horses/). *Meath Live*. Retrieved 4 April 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tractor_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tractor_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-tractor_2-2) ["Gavin's a 'shoe-in' for racing success"](https://irishtractor.ie/gavins-a-shoe-in-for-racing-success/). *Irish Tractor*. 15 August 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GC_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GC_3-1) ["Gavin Cromwell: 'Cheltenham is the Olympics of jump racing - if you have a good one, you hate to miss it'"](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/interviews/gavin-cromwell-cheltenham-is-the-olympics-of-jump-racing-if-you-have-a-good-one-you-hate-to-miss-it-a0O9W1b8BKIq/). *Racing Post*. 29 September 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-HRI_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-HRI_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-HRI_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-HRI_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-HRI_4-4) ["Gavin Cromwell"](https://www.hri.ie/statistics/trainer/data/?tid=10265). *Horse Racing Ireland*. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The Big Interview: Gavin Cromwell"](https://www.theirishfield.ie/racing/inside-racing/the-big-interview-gavin-cromwell-439337). *The Irish Field*. 8 February 2019.

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