Career
He was British jump racing Champion Trainer three times. From starting with seven horses at his stables at Habton Grange near Malton, North Yorkshire in 1950, he became one of the most successful trainers in British racing by the time he retired in February 1996. He is the only trainer to have saddled over 1,000 winners in Britain in both flat and National Hunt racing.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s Peter Easterby"s stable housed two of the leading horses in British National Hunt racing.
His Timeform rating of 182 is the highest ever given to a hurdler. Easterby"s five Champion Hurdle victories are a record for the race, shared with Nicky Henderson.
In July 2009, he was convicted of an offence under the Hunting Acting 2004 after allowing his land to be used for a hare coursing event.
