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Any idea of when it would have run. I have some formbooks from the 60s but nothing like complete.
Seem to remember the name though.

1970 ish

TOM DREAPER
Born Co Meath, 1898-1975
Tom Dreaper

ONE OF the greatest jumps trainers of all time, Thomas William Dreaper won the Cheltenham Gold Cup a record five times with Prince Regent (1946), Arkle (1964-66) - the greatest steeplechaser of all time - and Fort Leney (1968); the Champion Chase a record six times and the Irish Grand National a record 10 times, which included seven in succession between 1960-66.
If he never trained another horse, he would be renowned for his handling of Arkle, owned by the late Duchess of Westminster, who won 27 of his 35 races.
His total of 26 winners at the Cheltenham Festival makes him the most successful Irish-based trainer.
Other champions to benefit from the master horseman were Flyingbolt, Royal Approach, Fortria, Ben Stack and Straight Fort.
The only major chase to elude him was the Grand National, though Vulture (1970) and Black Secret (1971) were both second. Son Jim has carried on the rich family tradition at the Greenogue stables.

DREAPER FACTFILE
Full name: Thomas William Dreaper
Born: Donaghmore, Co Meath, September 26, 1898
Married: Betty Russell, 1945; son, Jim Dreaper
Stables: Greenogue, Kilsallaghan, Co Dublin 1931-71
Cheltenham Gold Cup winners: Prince Regent (1946), Arkle (1964, 1965, 1966), Fort Leney (1968)
Champion Chase winners: Fortria (1960, 1961), Ben Stack (1964), Flyingbolt (1966), Muir (1969), Straight Fort (1970)
Irish Grand National winners: Prince Regent (1942),**reen (1949), Royal Approach (1954), Olympia (1960), Fortria (1961), Kerforo (1962), Last Link (1963), Arkle (1964), Splash (1965), Flyingbolt (1966)
5 winners on 1 card: Leopardstown, December 26, 1964 (Reay Forest, Dicky May, Flyingbolt, Fort Leney and Prince Tino)
Last winner: Buca di Bacco, Leopardstown, December 28, 1971
Died: April 28, 1975, aged 76


DREAPER'S 26 CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL WINNERS
1946 Prince Regent (Gold Cup) Tim Hyde
1954 Royal Approach (Cathcart Chase) Pat Taaffe
1957 Sentina (National Hunt Chase) Pat Taaffe
1958 Fortria (Cotswold Chase) Tos Taaffe; Sentina (National Hunt Chase) Tos Taaffe
1960 Fortria (Two-Mile Champion Chase) Pat Taaffe
1961 Fortria (Two-Mile Champion Chase) Pat Taaffe; Mountcashel King (Cotswold Chase) Pat Taaffe
1963 Arkle (Broadway Chase) Pat Taaffe; Ben Stack (Cotswold Chase) Pat Taaffe
1964 Flyingbolt (Gloucestershire Hurdle) Pat Taaffe; Ben Stack (Two-Mile Champion Chase) Pat Taaffe; Arkle (Gold Cup) Pat Taaffe
1965 Arkloin (Totalisator Champion Chase) Liam McLoughlin; Flyingbolt (Cotswold Chase) Pat Taaffe; Arkle (Gold Cup) Pat Taaffe
1966 Arkloin (National Hunt Chase) Pat Taaffe; Flyingbolt (Two-Mile Champion Chase) Pat Taaffe; Arkle (Gold Cup) Pat Taaffe
1968 Fort Leney (Gold Cup) Pat Taaffe; Muir (Cathcart Chase) Pat Taaffe
1969 Muir (Two-Mile Champion Chase) Ben Hannon
1970 Straight Fort (Two-Mile Champion Chase) Pat Taaffe; Proud Tarquin (Totalisator Champion Chase) Pat Taaffe; Garrynagree (Cathcart Chase) Pat Taaffe
1971 Alpheus (Arkle Chase) Eddie Wright

Unfortunately I don't have jumps info as I only follow the flat. My Racing Calenders end at 1963 and cover flat only. I don't know if similar books are published for jumps racing.

I used pedigreequery.com to find its pedigree.
Straight Fort (1963) by Straight Deal out of Fortlass by Fortina.

What is it you want to know? Or is it all of its form?

Firstly, thankyou all for your replies.
I remember backing a 33/1 winner of one of those 2 big races at Cheltenham early in the jumps season, but for the life of me cannot remember it's name but I did remember that, as a novice it had been beaten by Straight Fort and was about 20lbs better off for 2 lengths
and the turn around in weight was the decider, Ithink BULA won on the same day along with anoter horse named Another Coral, which completed my treble.
Funny how the mind works or not in this case.

Was it Chatham? He won the Mackeson in 1970 at 33/1, carrying 10-3. Straight Fort was certainly placed in a Mackeson around that time, and would have been carrying about 12-0.

That was it GED, thanks, memory seems to oscillate now.