Roger Varian is a Classic winning racehorse trainer now in his fifteenth season. He made an immediate impact on the profession claiming Group 1 success in his first season when Nahrain won the Prix de l'Opera in 2011. Since then he has shown remarkable consistency amassing over 1,500 winners and has registered Group 1 victories every season he has trained bar three.

Roger first enjoyed Classic success with his multiple Group 1 winner Kingston Hill who scored in the Racing Post Trophy as a two-year-old before going on to Classic glory in the St Leger Stakes, the oldest of the three British Classics. In 2022, Roger's name was on the St Leger Stakes roll of honour for a second time, with KHK Racing's Eldar Eldarov, who subsequently became a dual-Classic and dual-Leger Champion when adding the Irish equivalent to his CV 12 months later. In 2024, the team enjoyed a first 1,000 Guineas success, with ELMALKA delivering a thrilling last-to-first performance in the Newmarket fillies' Classic.

Roger’s first Group 1 winner came on foreign turf when Nahrain prevailed in the Prix de l’Opera at Longchamp. Success on the world stage has been tasted regularly since with the stable enjoying Group 1 success in as many as six different countries: England, Ireland, France, Canada, North America and the UAE.