Cheltenham Festival
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18 Feb 14
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Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, World Hurdle, Gold Cup...Barry Geraghty has, but how many others, and who?
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Ruby
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Dicky ?
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Yes Dicky http://www.fatjockey.com/cheltenham-festival/featured_cheltenham_races.php?Winning-Most-Cheltenham-Jockeys-Richard-Johnson-39
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Wikipedia says Johnson the only other one riding today to have achieved the feat (Rooster Booster, Flagship Uberalles, Anzum, Looks Like Trouble) - does that mean there are any retired jocks to have done it too?
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That must be old info as Ruby has too, as Grade1 said (Hurricane Fly, Azertyuiop/Masterminded, Big Buck's, Kauto Star).
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Geraghty was first to win the four and National.
Ruby was second to win all 4 and National when he won on the Fly. AP has no World Hurdle Dicky no National Pat Taaffe never won either hurdle Dont think Dunwoody won a Champion Chase or World Hurdle Charlie Swan had no Gold Cup Choc has no Gold Cup Dont think the Stayers was around when Fred Winter was riding. There are profiles of winningmost jocks here http://www.fatjockey.com/cheltenham-festival/featured_cheltenham_races.php?Cheltenham-Festival-Winning-most-jockeys-since-1945-113 |
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So you reckon just Ruby, Barry and Johnson to have the four Cheltenham races, even including retired jocks?
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Didnt go through them all but stayers only started in early 70s so limits the range.
I am sure if you gave AP the choice of stayers or another Champion Hurdle he would take the Champion ! |
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and he,d give both of them up for another national
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And now Rachel joins the group!
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Paul Townend has won them all. Mare's Hirdle is also a championship race which Ruby, Rachel and Townend have won.
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Mares hurdle is not in the same league as the Ryanair, Mares Chase, Arkle or Supreme. Rank races on prize money and it is a long way down the pecking order. Even the Plate handicap is worth more.
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Quevega Annie Honeysuckle Lossiemouth.
I rest my case no mares chase can contend with that lot but I agree they don't belong at the festival |
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In the context of this thread,whatever your opinion of the Mare's Hurdle and regardless of prize money, the fact is it is one of the five championship races,all of which are run at the Cheltenham Festival.
The Ryanair is not a championship race. |
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I belive the BHA's definition of a "championship race" is a grade 1 not restricted to novices or juveniles, so there are six at the Festival (and plenty more scattered throughout the season).
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You are half right strontium, there are six at the festival.The sixth being the Foxhunters which is confined to point-to-pointers and amateur jockeys and which is not a graded race but is the championship race for hunter chasers.
There are lots of other open or non-restricted grade 1s throughout the season but they are not championship races. |
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Some clearly are - the Tingle Creek, Christmas Hurdle and King George for example.
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They are Grade 1s but they are not championship races (which is an actual status rather than an opinion)
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Where did you find that definition FTV? I'd like to read it because it's not what I've come across before, and it's not the BHA's definition.
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What defines a championship races?
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