When Did Best Mate Win The Cheltenham Gold Cup?

Best Mate (28 January 1995 – 1 November 2005) was an Irish-bred, English-trained racehorse and three-time winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

What years did Best Mate win the Cheltenham Gold Cup?

Best Mate fact file
Best results: won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2002, 2003, 2004; the King George VI Chase in 2002; the 2001 Haldon Gold Cup; the 2002 Peterborough Chase; won 14 races from 22 starts and finished second seven times; total career earnings of £1,022,436.

How many gold cups did Best Mate win?

One of the most loved horses in the history of horse racing, BEST MATE never fell at a fence or hurdle. Out of 22 starts he won 14 of them and came second in seven.

Has a mare ever won the Cheltenham Gold Cup?

Dawn Run started her racing career as a flat horse, running and winning 3 provincial races, with owner Charmian Hill on board, who was aged 62 at the time.

Who trained the three times Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate?

Jim Culloty’s career in the saddle was defined by the Henrietta Knight-trained Best Mate, winner of three successive Cheltenham Gold Cups from 2002-2004.

Which horse has won the most Cheltenham Gold Cups?

Golden Miller
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 much does jockey get for 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 has most winners at Cheltenham?

Walsh is by far the most successful jockey of all time at the Cheltenham Festival, with 59 victories. Second in that list is Barry Geraghty, on 43 winners, who was Cheltenham Festival top jockey in 2003 and 2012. Third is Tony McCoy, with 31 winners, who was Cheltenham top jockey in 1997 and 1998.

Who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice?

Nicky Henderson, who passed Fulke Walwyn’s record in 2012, has won the Gold Cup twice, with Long Run in 2011 (his rider, Sam Waley-Cohen, was the first winning amateur jockey in 30 years) and Bobs Worth in 2013.

Who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2007?

Kauto Star
The 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at the Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday March 16, 2007. It was the 79th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Kauto Star. The winner was ridden by Ruby Walsh and trained by Paul Nicholls.

Has a female jockey won the Cheltenham Gold Cup?

She became the first woman jockey to win the Grand National in 2021 – and is back to defend her title with Minella Times this year – and also became the first woman rider to win the Cheltenham Festival Gold Cup on Henry de Bromhead-trained A Plus Tard earlier this year.

Who is the fastest horse in history?

Winning Brew
This is a Guinness World Record was achieved by a horse called Winning Brew. She was trained by Francis Vitale in the United States. The race was recorded at the Penn National Race Course, Grantville, Pennsylvania, United States. Winning Brew covered the quarter-mile (402 metres) in 20.57 seconds.

How many horses died at Cheltenham Gold Cup?

In all, eleven horses died there over the four-day meeting that year. Animal Aid has compiled a list of all the names and details of all horses who have died at the Cheltenham Festival since 2000.

Would Barbaro have won the Triple Crown?

On May 20, 2006, Barbaro ran in the Preakness Stakes as a heavy favorite, but, after a false start, he fractured three bones in and around the fetlock of his right hind leg. The injury ruined any chance of a Triple Crown in 2006 and ended his racing career.
Barbaro (horse)

What horses have won the Gold Cup 3 times?

There have only been a handful of exceptional horses who have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three times. ‘Steeplechaser of the Century’ Golden Miller had five wins, Cottage Rake had three wins, Arkle took his three and then the most recent was Best Mate, who completed a hat trick in 2004.

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.

What is the highest rated racehorse of all time?

What is this? Many experts agree that Man o’ War is the best racehorse in history. The fiery chestnut won 20 of his 21 starts during his career from 1919-1920, a truly impressive feat. Man o’ War was born on March 29, 1917, at Nursery Stud, near Lexington, Kentucky.

Who is the winningest racehorse in history?

Undefeated horses

Who is the most powerful horse in history?

Known to his breeders as “Big Red” and to fans as “the Clark Gable of horses,” Secretariat proceeded to smash race records. He still holds the fastest times in all three of the American Triple Crown races. In 1973, when he completed the third of those races, he beat the nearest competitor by an astonishing 31 lengths.

Who is the richest jockey?

The winningest thoroughbred jockey in history is John Velazquez, who has earned $458,797,243 in his long career. He’s started over 35,000 races, winning 6,459. The next highest-earning U.S. jockey is Javier Castellano, who has started over 30,000 races with 5,568 wins, for earnings of over $374 million.

Who is the highest paid jockey in the UK?

Ryan Moore (2000-present)
Coolmore’s retained jockey holds the distinction of being the only rider in Britain ever to break the £8m barrier for domestic winnings in a season.