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Great History of the Fred Winter Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival who Fred Winter dominated National Hunt Racing as a Jockey and Trainer in the 50's and 80's.
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Great History of the Supreme Novices Hurdle.
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Liberthine Mares’ Chase
The Liberthine Mares’ Chase (currently recognised as the Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase) is open to Mares ages five and over. Run over the new course at a distance of 2 miles 4 furlongs this now grade 1 race has taken place since 2021 as the newest addition to the Cheltenham Festival (first since the Golden Miller…
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The Fellow
Trained by François Doumen in Pau, southwestern France and ridden, for much of his career, by Polish-born jockey Adam Kondrat, The Fellow won the King George VI Chase at Kempton in 1991 and 1992. However, as far as the Cheltenham Festival is concerned, he is probably best remembered for winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup, at…
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Mick Fitzgerald
Nowadays, Mick Fitzgerald is best known as a television presenter on ITV Racing but, in his younger days, was one of the most successful National Hunt jockeys of his generation. Before being forced into retirement after sustaining neck and knee damage in a fall from L’Ami in the 2008 Grand National, Fitzgerald rode 1,295…
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How many winners did Davy Russell ride at the Cheltenham Festival?
David ‘Davy’ Russell announced his retirement from the saddle, for the first time, at Thurles on December 18, 2022, having ridden Liberty Dance to victory for his long-time ally, Co. Meath trainer Gordon Elliott. However, when hapless stable jockey Jack Kennedy broke his leg, for the fifth time in his career, in a heavy fall…
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Katchit
The winner of just one of is 14 starts for Mick Channon, and two more for Alan King, on the Flat as a two- and three-year-old, Katchit proved something of a revelation when sent over hurdles at the start of the 2006/07 National Hunt season. Ridden by Robert ‘Chocolate’ Thornton, as he was in…
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L’Escargot
To the public at large, L’Escargot is probably best remembered for his exploits in the Grand National, in which he finished third in 1973, second in 1974 and won, by 15 lengths, in 1975, thereby thwarting an unprecedented hat-trick by Red Rum. However, earlier in his career, L’Escargot was a three-time Cheltenham Festival winner, winning…
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Which are the top three jumping mares in the history Timeform?
The first thing to say about the history of Timeform, as far as National Hunt racing is concerned, is that it dates back only to 1962, when the weekly Timeform Black Book in that domain was first published. Indeed, the ‘Chasers & Hurdlers’ annual, which included Timeform commentaries and ratings for every horse that ran…
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Which races constitute the so-called ‘Triple Crown of Hurdling’?
As the same suggest, the Triple Crown of Hurdling consists of a trio of Grade 1 hurdle races, in which horses compete at level weights, but with allowances for age and gender, over the minimum distance of two miles, or thereabouts. In chronological order, as far as the British National Hunt calendar is concerned, the…