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What about Silver Fame the Gold Cup winner? He had a prolific record at Cheltenham and won ten times there. Surely he must have won at least 2 Festivals. Anybody able to check him out?
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L'Escargot's Cheltenham festival record...
1968 - Gloucestershire Hurdle (now Supreme Novices) - won 1969 - Champion Hurdle - unplaced behind Persian War 1970 - Gold Cup - won 1971 - Gold Cup - won 1972 - Gold Cup - 4th 1973 - Gold Cup - 4th 1974 - Cathcart - 2nd 1975 - Champion Chase - 7th In the last year, he was simply using the 2 mile race as a stepping stone to the Grand National, which he won, having finished 3rd in '73, and 2nd in '74. (He also ran in the race in '72, but got put out of the race early on). He also found time to make a trip to the US and win a big chase at Belmont Park. One tough horse. |
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Silver Fame won the Seven Springs Handicap Chase in 1948.
That was a race run at the festival from 1930 to 1950. Thomond (twice 2nd to Golden Miller in the Gold Cup) also won this race. |
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Medoc II should be on the list.
He won the infamous National Hunt Juvenile Chase (for 4yos, last run in 1958) in 1938. He then won successive runnings of the aforementioned Seven Springs Chase in 1940 and 1941, and then the Gold Cup in 1942. |
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Obviously, he doesn't qualify here but Clever Scot won the the equivalent of the World Hurdle and RSA which is the double More Of That is trying to achieve this year. Have any other horses achieved that double?
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Solfen won both races in 1960.
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More recently, A Kinsman did the double in '83 and '84.
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Thanks, I had forgotten about A Kinsman. Never heard of Solfen, did he go on to be a Gold Cup contender?
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No he didn't. I don't know what happened to him. He was an 8yo when he did it. He won the novice chase on the Wednesday by 25 lengths at 5/4 fav, and won the hurdle race by a hard fought length the following day at 5/2 fav. Both races had 21 runners. He was trained by Eddie O'Grady's father Willie.
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Another horse worth a mention....
Albergo. 1959 - won a division of the Gloucesterhire Hurdle (Supreme Novices) 1960 - ran twice - ran 2nd in the Champion Hurdle, then 2 days later won the County Hurdle under top weight of 12-5 by half a length as the 7-4 fav. (Owned by Mrs C Magnier). |
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Not very British, celebrating all these winners. What about a plucky loser?
Faasel, 2nd in a Triumph then seemed to finish 2nd every other year in all manner of races. He was also 2nd in a big race at Aintree if memory serves? |
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Silver Flame has to go on the list.
He also won the National Hunt Handicap Chase in 1950. The Seven Springs (which he won in 1948) morphed into the Mildmay of Flete. He carried 12-7 when winning each of those, and was 12 when he won his Gold Cup in 1951. Dudley is another for the list. He was a star over 2 miles, once won 17 in a row, and won 3 different races at the festival... 1923 Grand Annual - under 12-7 1927 Amateur Riders Chase - under 12-7 1928 Coventry Cup (effectively, the 2 mile championship. It was its first running.) - he was 14yo |
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VAUTOUR (2014-16)
Supreme Novices Hurde, JLT Chase, Ryanair Chase. |