Which Jockey Has Won Most Races At Cheltenham?

Go Racing Ireland state that “Ruby is the winning-most jockey at the Cheltenham Festival and retired with a record 59 wins to his name. He was the leading jockey at the Festival on 11 occasions, riding a record seven winners on two occasions.”

Who won the most races in Cheltenham?

Willie Mullins broke the record for Cheltenham Festival winners with a 1,518-1 five-timer on Gold Cup day. The Irish trainer, top of the charts in the all-time list for the meeting, celebrated ten successes during the big week.

Who is the best jockey at Cheltenham?

BEST JOCKEYS AT CHELTENHAM

Which jockey has won the most?

1. Russell Baze. Russell Baze is a pioneer in the racing world, as he has the most wins ever by a jockey with an incredible 12,844 victories to his name. He is a ten-time winner of the United States Champion Jockey title.

Which jockey has won the most Cheltenham Gold Cups?

Pat Taaffe
The all-time most successful horse in the Cheltenham Gold Cup is Golden Miller, who won it a total of five times across five consecutive years – 1932 to 1936. The top all-time Cheltenham Gold Cup jockey is Pat Taaffe, who won a total of four times – three times on Arkle (1964-66) and one on Fort Leney (1968).

How many times has Rachel Blackmore won at Cheltenham?

Rachael Blackmore has nine Cheltenham Festival winners to her name with six of those coming spectacularly in 2021 to achieve a huge record-breaking year. Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the Grand National, all while following up the success at the festival a month before.

How much does the jockey get for winning the Gold Cup?

Under both codes, jockeys take home 3.5 per cent of placed prize-money, with the only deduction being a 10 per cent cut to their agent.

Who rode the most winners at Cheltenham 2022?

Top jockeys

• 2022 Paul Townend (5)
• 2021 Rachael Blackmore (6)
• 2020 Paul Townend (5)
• 2019 Nico de Boinville (3)
• 2018 Davy Russell (4)
• 2017 Ruby Walsh (4)
• 2016 Ruby Walsh (7)
• 2015 Ruby Walsh (4)

Who has the most winners in Cheltenham 2022?

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that Tom Scudamore has more wins in Cheltenham Festival Handicaps than in graded races. In total he has ridden six handicap winners at the meeting.

Who is the most successful jockey in the UK?

Flat Jockeys Championship | Top 5 View all

• Rank: 1. Jockey: William Buick. Wins: 157. Rides: 594. Strike Rate: 26%
• Rank: 2. Jockey: Hollie Doyle. Wins: 91. Rides: 613.
• Rank: 3. Jockey: Tom Marquand. Wins: 91. Rides: 632.
• Rank: 4. Jockey: Paul Mulrennan. Wins: 88. Rides: 531.
• Rank: 5. Jockey: Ben Curtis. Wins: 75. Rides: 409.

Who is the greatest horse of all time?

Secretariat (1973)
We all know the story about Secretariat; it’s even been made into a movie. Along with Man o’ War, he is considered to be the best horse of all time. Even ESPN counted Secretariat as on of the Top 50 Athletes of the 20th Century during their countdown in 1999.

Who is the most decorated jockey?

Laffit Pincay, Jr
partnered Affirmed to US Triple Crown glory in 1978. A sure-fire Hall of Famer, he started riding in his native Panama before making it big in America. An incredible mark of 9.530 career wins saw Pincay Jr. retire then as the most successful jockey ever in terms of winners.

Who is the leading jockey at Cheltenham 2022?

Townend leads the Holland Cooper Leading Jockey Award from three jockeys on two winners – Nico de Boinville, Patrick Mullins and Rachael Blackmore.

Who is the most successful trainer at Cheltenham?

Tom Dreaper is the leading trainer in the race with an incredible five wins. His first Gold Cup glory came in 1946 with Prince Regent. Dreaper’s next success would come with a very special horse, the famed Arkle who won consecutive Gold Cups, winning in 1964, 1965 and 1966.

How many winners did Rachael Blackmore ride?

Rachael rode 11 point-to-point winners and seven winners as an amateur rider before turning professional in March, 2015. She gained her first success in the paid ranks when Most Honourable, trained by ‘Shark’ Hanlon, was a winner at Clonmel on September 3rd of the same year.

How much money does Rachel Blackmore make?

As of 2022, Rachael Blackmore has an estimated net worth of $4 million (£3 million), according to Showbiz Corner. After graduating with an Equine Science degree from the University of Limerick, Blackmore went on to “show her promise” as she won with Stowaway Pearl in Thurles in 2011, according to KPMG.

Do jockeys get paid if they don’t win?

The real money for jockeys comes from prize money, if they can ride a horse to finish first, second or third in a race and earn part of the purse. The percentages a jockey receives for a thoroughbred race range from 5% for a second- or third-place finish to 10% for first place, according to the Covington Reporter.

How many winners before a jockey lose their claim?

Once they have ridden 75 winners, the jockey loses their claim and becomes a fully-fledged professional. In Flat racing, Apprentice jockeys have the same weight allowances, but the winning milestones lie at 20, 50 and 95 respectively.

Do jockeys get paid if they win?

Prize-money and sponsorship
Riders also get performance-related pay in the shape of a percentage of any prize-money their mounts earn. This ranges from 8.5 to nine per cent of winning prize-money over jumps, depending on the race. It is 6.9 per cent on the Flat.

Who rode the most winners?

Brazilian Jorge Antonio Ricardo
According to Guinness World Records, the jockey who has ridden the most winners is Brazilian Jorge Antonio Ricardo who, as of January, 2021, had amassed a career total of 13,044 winners.

How many millionaires does Cheltenham have?

It is famous for having a large amount of millionaires with a rate of 43 multimillionaires per 100,000 people, the third largest in the United Kingdom.