- Biggest Cheltenham winner: Al Boum Photo (Gold Cup – 2019 and 2020)
- Biggest Cheltenham winner: Lord Windermere (Gold Cup 2014)
- Biggest Cheltenham winner: Honeysuckle (Champion Hurdle 2021)
- Biggest Cheltenham winner: Coneygree (Gold Cup 2015)
- Biggest Cheltenham winner: Minella Indo (Gold Cup 2021)
Townend leads the Holland Cooper Leading Jockey Award from three jockeys on two winners – Nico de Boinville, Patrick Mullins and Rachael Blackmore.
- Holland Cooper Leading Jockey Award.
- Leading Trainer Award.
- ROA Leading Owner Award.
- The Prestbury Cup.
Who is the most successful jockey at Cheltenham?
Walsh, 42, is the third most prolific winner in British and Irish jump racing history behind Sir Anthony McCoy and Richard Johnson. However, the ex-superstar jockey currently holds the crown for the amount of victories accumulated at Cheltenham.
Who won top trainer at Cheltenham 2022?
Willie Mullins
Willie Mullins was crowned leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival for the ninth time after a magnificent five winners on the final day.
Who is the leading flat jockey 2022?
Hollie Doyle becomes first Flat jockey to reach 100 winners in 2022 in Britain | Horse Racing News | Racing Post.
Who are the favorites for Cheltenham?
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2023 ante-post odds and potential runners
- Galopin Des Champs 7/2.
- A Plus Tard 4/1.
- Ahoy Senor 10/1.
- L’Homme Presse 14/1.
- Monkfish 16/1.
- Stattler 20/1.
- Allaho 20/1.
- Capodanno 25/1.
Who rode the most winners at Cheltenham Festival?
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 is the number 1 jockey?
LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Rankings are published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA). 1st = 12 points; 2nd = 6 points and 3rd = 4 points.
LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Rankings.
| Jockey | James McDonald |
|---|---|
| 1st Place Points | 108 |
| 2nd Place Points | 24 |
| 3rd Place Points | 4 |
| Total Points | 136 |
Who is the best horse jockey right now?
Top Jockeys in Horse Racing
| # | Name | 2nds |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | 155 |
| 2. | Joel Rosario | 112 |
| 3. | Flavien Prat | 132 |
| 4. | Tyler Gaffalione | 135 |
Who is the richest jockey in horse racing?
Meet Yutaka Take, the world’s richest jockey. A legend in Japan, Take, 52, enjoys ‘God’ status in his homeland and has a film star wife. His face is plastered on posters at racecourses, he’s been the ‘pin-up’ of racing for years and enjoys the same level of fame as pop stars.
Who is the best horse trainer 2022?
Chad C. Brown
Top 100 Trainers by North American Race Earnings.
| # | Trainer | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad C. Brown | 225 |
| 2 | Todd A. Pletcher | 199 |
| 3 | Steven M. Asmussen | 350 |
| 4 | Brad H. Cox | 189 |
Who won Cheltenham 2022 gold?
Rachael Blackmore
The race was won by the 3-1 favourite A Plus Tard, owned by the Cheveley Park Stud, trained in Ireland by Henry de Bromhead and ridden by Rachael Blackmore.
Who is the best trainer at Cheltenham?
Top Trainers at the 2022 Cheltenham Festival
- Willie Mullins.
- Gordon Elliott.
- Henry De Bromhead.
- Nicky Henderson.
- Paul Nicholls.
- Current Rankings – Top 25 Trainers in Cheltenham Festival History.
- Leading Trainer Awards History.
- Previous Leading Trainer Award Winners.
Who is the fastest horse in the world 2022?
Bulldog Hanover, a horse from Puslinch, Ont., broke a world record for fastest mile at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey in July 2022.
Who is the best female jockey?
The Top Female Jockeys of All Time
- Most racing experts will agree that England’s Hayley Turner is the most successful and famous female jockey of all time.
- Julie Krone is an American horse racer born in 1963 and is known for being the most successful female jockey in US history.
How much do flat jockeys get paid?
How much prizemoney jockeys win is decided by a very complicated Rule of Racing and varies from race type to race type and is dependent on how many places are being paid. However, as a general rule of thumb Flat jockeys receive around 8.5% of the advertised win prize and 2.61% of the advertised place prize.
Who is favourite to win Cheltenham Gold Cup?
It’s little surprise that Minella Indo is the early leader in the Cheltenham Gold Cup odds 2022 after winning the race in 2021. Yet, even before his victory in the Gold Cup, Minella Indo had shown a liking for this track with a decent second place to Champ in the 2020 RSA Chase.
Which racecourse is best for Favourites?
Best Racecourses for Favourites
| Pos | Course | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodwood | 1260 |
| 2 | Yarmouth | 1477 |
| 3 | Sandown | 1016 |
| 4 | Windsor | 1758 |
DO favourites win at Cheltenham?
Over the past decade at the Cheltenham Festival, there have been 79 favourites winning out of 273 races. So the favourite horse winning at Cheltenham is usually a one in three chance on average.
Which jockey has rode the most winners?
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.
Who has trained the most Cheltenham winners?
Willie Mullins is the most successful trainer in the history of the Cheltenham Festival. No trainer has saddled more winners at the Cheltenham Festival than Mullins, who took his tally at the meeting to 78 when Galopin des Champs won last year’s Martin Pipe.