"British jump racing Champion Trainer five times. He trained 40 winners at the Cheltenham Festival between 1946 and 1986, a record which stood until 2012, when beaten by Nicky Henderson. He is commemorated at the Cheltenham Racecourse, in the title of the Festival's Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup. Amongst his notable owners Dorothy Paget until 1954 and, following the death of Peter Cazalet in 1973, the Queen Mother. As well as his many victories in National Hunt racing, he also trained Dorothy Paget's Aldborough to win the Doncaster Cup and the Queen Alexandra Stakes on the Flat. Walwyn became"
"a four-day meeting. In 2017, there were 28 races as follows: The top jockey for the festival is the jockey who wins the most races over the four days. The winners since 1980, with wins in brackets, are: <br> The leading trainer for the festival is the trainer who trains the most winners in the races over the four days. The winners since 1997, with wins in brackets, are: Cheltenham Festival The Cheltenham Festival is a meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National. It is an"
"successful as both a jockey and a trainer in National Hunt racing. Nicholson's record at the Cheltenham Festival included five victories as a jockey, and seventeen as a trainer. This race was established in 2008, and in its inaugural year it was held on the final day of the Festival on Cheltenham's New Course. It was switched to the opening day on the Old Course in 2009. It was initially given Grade 2 status and was upgraded to Grade 1 status from the 2015 running. Most successful horse (6 wins): Leading jockey (8 wins): Leading trainer (9 wins): David Nicholson"
"first winner at the Cheltenham Festival as a trainer was Chicago Grey in the prestigious National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup in 2011. He won the 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup for the first time with Don Cossack. In the 2017 Cheltenham Festival he finished as the top trainer for the first time with six wins. It was the same number of wins as Willie Mullins but Elliott had one more second place than Mullins. In the 2017 Grand National Elliott trained Cause of Causes which came second. Elliott finished the 2016/17 season in second place to Mullins in the Irish national"
"both a jockey and a trainer in National Hunt racing. Winter's record at the Cheltenham Festival included seventeen victories as a jockey, and twenty-eight as a trainer. The Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle was one of several new races introduced at the Festival when a fourth day was added to the meeting in 2005. It was initially classed at Listed level, and it was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2009. Leading jockey: Leading trainer (3 wins): Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle The Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle is a Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain"
"from his second marriage. Paul Nicholls (horse racing) Paul Nicholls (born 17 April 1962) is a British National Hunt horse trainer with stables at Ditcheat, Somerset. A relatively successful jump jockey, Nicholls has become the leading National Hunt trainer of his generation, finishing the 2007–08 season with 155 winners and a record £4 million in prize money. To date, he has trained over 2000 winners, won the 2012 Grand National, four Cheltenham Gold Cups and has been crowned British jump racing Champion Trainer ten times. The son of a policeman, Nicholls was educated at Marlwood School, Alveston before leaving at"
"with the most wins in the history of the Cheltenham festival. In March 2011, Walsh rode Hurricane Fly to victory in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, finishing ahead of Peddlers Cross and Oscar Whisky. It was Walsh's first victory in the feature race of the opening day at the Cheltenham Festival. He won his 2,500 race on Au Quart De Tour at Gowran park on 20 January 2016. As of 2018, Walsh is the Festival's most successful rider with 58 wins and has won the leading rider's award eleven times within the last fourteen years. In August 2015 Walsh won"
"host of other important races have been added to the National Hunt racing season, although many of these are geared towards generating betting turnover in the form of competitive handicaps that attract large numbers of runners. Given the sport's origins, Irish-bred and trained horses remain a dominant force in national hunt racing today. In 2005 and 2006, Irish-trained horses captured the three main prizes at Cheltenham and won the Grand National. Best Mate who captured the Cheltenham Gold Cup three successive times between 2002–2004, was Irish-bred, but trained and owned in England. In recent years however French-bred horses have also"
"(see above).King George VI Chase (3 times as jockey and 2 times as trainer) He won 45 times at the annual Cheltenham Festival (17 as jockey and 28 as trainer), and is commemorated by the Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle at the annual meet. Details of his training career are as follows: Stables: Uplands, Lambourn, Berkshire 1964-88 First runner and winner: Jay Trump, Sandown, October 21, 1964 Grand National winners: Jay Trump (1965), Anglo (1966) Cheltenham Gold Cup: Midnight Court (1978) Champion Hurdle winners: Bula (1971, 1972), Lanzarote (1974), Celtic Shot (1988) Champion Chase winner: Crisp (1971) Other Cheltenham"
"Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, which cemented his popularity amongst racing fans. He was sent off the 13/2 favourite and raced prominently under his regular rider Nick Scholfield. He was pulled out of the pack and led the field just after 2 out before storming clear to win. Hunt Ball went on to win Taunton’s richest-ever prize on 4 April 2013 after finishing second in the Grade 2 Peterborough Chase and third in the Grade 2 Argento Chase. Hunt Ball won a total of 8 races while in training with Kieran Burke, but his then-owner Anthony Knott agreed to a"
"Paul Nicholls (horse racing) Paul Nicholls (born 17 April 1962) is a British National Hunt horse trainer with stables at Ditcheat, Somerset. A relatively successful jump jockey, Nicholls has become the leading National Hunt trainer of his generation, finishing the 2007–08 season with 155 winners and a record £4 million in prize money. To date, he has trained over 2000 winners, won the 2012 Grand National, four Cheltenham Gold Cups and has been crowned British jump racing Champion Trainer ten times. The son of a policeman, Nicholls was educated at Marlwood School, Alveston before leaving at 16 to take up"
"trainer since 1978, based at Seven Barrows near Lambourn, Berkshire. Previously he was an amateur jockey, and assistant trainer to Fred Winter between 1974 and 1978. His most notable successes have come with See You Then, winner of the Champion Hurdle in 1985, 1986 and 1987; Remittance Man, winner of the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 1992; Punjabi, winner of the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle in 2009 at the Cheltenham Festival, Binocular, winner of the 2010 Champion Hurdle, Long Run, winner of the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup and Bobs Worth, winner of the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Binocular's Champion Hurdle"
"nine in 2017. The award should not be confused with the Trainers Championship which is an annual event held between the leading six trainers. Greyhound Trainer of the Year The Greyhound Trainer of the Year or Champion Trainer is an award for the leading greyhound trainer in the United Kingdom. It was inaugurated in 1961 and was originally elected by a press panel but is now awarded to the trainer who achieves the most points for winning open races on the Greyhound Board of Great Britain annual racing calendar. Mark Wallis has won the most titles and won a record"
"From 1964 to 1973 it was sponsored by the Tote, and it was called the Totalisator Champion Novices' Chase. Since then it has been backed by its present sponsor, RSA Insurance Group, and its predecessors Sun Alliance (1974–1996) and Royal & SunAlliance (1997–2008). Several winners of the race have subsequently achieved victory in the most prestigious chase in the National Hunt calendar, the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The most recent was Lord Windermere, the winner of the latter event in 2014. Leading jockey since 1946 (5 wins): Leading trainer since 1946 (4 wins): The 1947 edition was abandoned due to snow"
"three and three quarter lengths from Overturn. Two previous winners of the race, Hurricane Fly and Binocular finished third and fourth. All ten of the runners completed the course. Further details of the winner, Rock On Ruby. 2012 Champion Hurdle The 2012 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 13 March 2012. It was the 82nd running of the Champion Hurdle. The winner was The Festival Goers Rock On Ruby, a seven-year-old gelding trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden by Noel Fehily. The victory was the first in the race for owner, trainer and rider."
"the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival in March. As its title suggests, the Champion Hurdle is the most prestigious hurdling event in the National Hunt calendar. Its list of winners features many of the most highly acclaimed hurdlers in the sport's history, and several of these, such as National Spirit, Istabraq, Hatton's Grace, Persian War and Lanzarote, have had races named in their honour. The first Champion Hurdle was run in 1927, and its inaugural winner, Blaris, was awarded prize money of £365. In its second year the event was won by Brown Jack, who subsequently became a prolific"
"for the first time. The first clue to the upward trajectory that his career would subsequently take came with the 66/1 victory of Baron Blakeney over red-hot favourite Broadsword in the 1981 Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham. Pipe went on to be Champion Trainer 15 times with successive stable jockeys Peter Scudamore, Richard Dunwoody, David Bridgwater and Tony McCoy. On eight occasions he trained over 200 winners in one season, with a record tally of 243 in 1999-2000 and an amazing lifetime tally of 4183 European winners. He saddled a total of 34 winners at the Cheltenham Festival, including two Champion"
"Cheltenham Gold Cup “Native River”, as well as the winner of the Albert Bartlett Novice's Hurdle ""Kilbriken Storm"". Colin Tizzard Colin Tizzard (born 7 January 1956) is a British racehorse trainer specializing in National Hunt racing. He has held a full training licence since 1998. In 2010 Tizzard trained Cue Card to victory in the Cheltenham Festival Champion Bumper. In 2014 Tizzard trained Cue Card to victory in the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. In the 2015 King George VI Chase he trained Cue Card to victory. At the 2016 Cheltenham Festival Thistlecrack won the World Hurdle to give"
"gave Henderson a fifth win in the race, equalling the record held by Peter Easterby. Zaynar, another horse he trained, also won at the 2009 Cheltenham Festival in the Triumph Hurdle. He was Champion Trainer in the 1985/86 and 1986/87 seasons. His record at the Cheltenham Festival is particularly good and amongst currently active trainer only Willie Mullins has won more races at the Festival than Henderson. His main stable jockey was Mick Fitzgerald until Fitzgerald was forced to retire by an injury sustained in the 2008 Grand National; from the 2008-09 season until the 2014-15 season Barry Geraghty was"
"Trophy. The race was sponsored by Servo from 2004 to 2009, Morson Group in 2010 and Rewards4Racing in 2011. In 2012 it was renamed the Henrietta Knight Handicap Chase in honour of Henrietta Knight, a recently retired trainer whose training successes included winning three Cheltenham Gold Cups with Best Mate. From 2013 to 2015 the race was sponsored by the Murphy Group. Most successful horse: Leading jockey (4 wins): Leading trainer (4 wins): BetVictor Handicap Chase The BetVictor Handicap Chase is a Grade 3 National Hunt race in Great Britain. It is a handicap steeplechase and is run at Cheltenham"
"win the Welsh and Aintree Nationals. In the late 80s and early 90s, the race was dominated by Somerset trainer Martin Pipe. Bonanza Boy achieved consecutive successes in 1988 and 1989, and in 1991 the giant Carvill's Hill became one of the easiest winners in the history of the race. More recent winners of both the Welsh and the Aintree Grand National are Bindaree and Silver Birch. The 2010 winner, Synchronised, went on to win the 2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup. The 2016 winner Native River, ridden by champion jockey Richard Johnson, went on to win the 2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup."
"his reputation as Ireland's leading trainer with horses such as Storm Head, Hasty Bits, Shagreen and the great Fortria. However, his greatest successes came with the horses owned by Anne, Duchess of Westminster, a partnership which produced 97 wins, 43 second place and 33 third place finishes by horses such as Cashel View, Ben Stack, Sea Brief and the greatest of them all—Arkle. At one time he had in his stables both Arkle and Flyingbolt, the two highest-rated steeplechasers of all time. In all, he trained 26 winners at the Cheltenham Festival including the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Arkle"
"stable in 2008. In 2009 he won the Champion Hurdle on Punjabi, the Arkle Challenge Trophy on Forpadydeplasterer and Triumph Hurdle on Zaynar. In winning the Champion Hurdle he became the first jockey to have won the big four races at cheltenham (Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers Hurdle, Gold Cup) and The English Grand National. On the 2 November 2009 he rode his 1000th winner under National Hunt Rules in UK and Ireland when the Nicky Henderson trained Duc De Regniere won at Kempton. He won his fifth Champion Chase at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival on Sprinter Sacre. He has"
"time. McCoy had burst on the scene as a result of his first season riding in Britain and soon attracted the attention of leading trainer Martin Pipe and, then, upcoming Paul Nicholls. McCoy joined forces with powerful trainer Martin Pipe in 1997 and between them they proved to be an exceptionally strong partnership which dominated the sport. By the end of the decade McCoy had set a new National Hunt record for winners in a season (253), equaled the record of five winners at the 1998 Cheltenham Festival, and became the fastest jockey to reach the 100 winner mark in"
"become the first jockey to exceed 150 in one season. Although both records have since been surpassed, Scudamore's records were set before the advent of year-round National Hunt racing. In all, he was champion eight times. He won 13 times at the Cheltenham Festival including two Champion Hurdles - Celtic Shot in 1988 and Granville Again in 1993 - and a Queen Mother Champion Chase on Pearlyman. Other major victories included the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup (twice), Mackeson Gold Cup, four Welsh Nationals (including two on Bonanza Boy) and two Scottish Nationals. Horses with which he was associated during his"
"indicated. Further details of the winner, Synchronised, ridden by jockey Tony McCoy: 2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup The 2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the Betfred Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th annual running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on 16 March 2012. Fourteen horses ran and the steeplechase was won by 8/1 shot Synchronised, who was trained by Jonjo O'Neill and ridden by Tony McCoy. Synchronised completed the course in a time of 6 minutes 36.19 seconds and won by a distance of 2¼ lengths from second-placed The Giant Bolster. Kauto Star"
"Farms where he met with his greatest success. A resident of Nobleton, Ontario, Roger Attfield won the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer a record six times. Of the seven horses who have won the Canadian Triple Crown, three were trained by Attfield. A winner of twenty Canadian Triple Crown races, he holds or equals the record for most wins in each of the three races. In 2001, he set a record for most wins by a trainer in the Breeders' Stakes and in 2005 set the record for trainers by winning his fifth Prince of Wales Stakes. At the 2008"
"put on hold after a serious shoulder injury. He finished the year with just 26 winners. Afer coming back from injury he had over 60 winners a season. In September 2012 he rode five winners for five different trainers at Newcastle on a Saturday, followed by a double on two outsiders at Yarmouth on the following Thursday. Semayyel, trained by Clive Brittain won the John Musker Fillies' Stakes at a starting price of 125-1, one of the biggest priced winners in British horse racing history, and Tylicki followed up with a win on a 33-1 horse. For the former achievement"
"Greyhound Trainer of the Year The Greyhound Trainer of the Year or Champion Trainer is an award for the leading greyhound trainer in the United Kingdom. It was inaugurated in 1961 and was originally elected by a press panel but is now awarded to the trainer who achieves the most points for winning open races on the Greyhound Board of Great Britain annual racing calendar. Mark Wallis has won the most titles and won a record eighth trophy at the end of 2016, passing the previous record of seven set by John 'Ginger' McGee Sr. Wallis extended the record to"
"winners from 774 rides. Paul Nicholls announced on 28 April 2014 that Sam would be his number one principal jockey in the 2014/15 season. In the 2015 Cheltenham Festival he had a day two double, the Queen Mother Champion Chase with Dodging Bullets and with Aux Ptits Soins in the Coral Cup. In 2016 he had double on day one of the Cheltenham Festival with wins in the Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle and Champion Bumper. On Friday he won the Grand Annual Chase for his third win at the 2016 Cheltenham Festival. In April 2016 he won the"
"hunt trainer Championship. In the 2018 Cheltenham Festival he finished as the top trainer this time with eight wins. That equalled a record set by Willie Mullins in 2015. On 2 April 2018 Elliott won the Irish Grand National for the first time after saddling a record 13 horses. In 2018 he also won the Aintree Grand National with his horse Tiger Roll, ridden by Davy Russell and owned by Gigginstown House Stud (Michael O'Leary), narrowly beating the Willie Mullins runner Pleasant Company. Elliott also trained the third place horse Bless The Wings. Gordon Elliott (racehorse trainer) Gordon Elliott is"
"next 6 races over fences and placed in one other. During this period he also won around Cheltenham. Balthazar King has a record of 8 wins, and 4 places from 17 races at Cheltenham Racecourse. He first raced at the track on 15 November 2009, finishing second. He won on 13 April 2011, at the 7th time racing. His wins at Cheltenham include two Cross Country Handicap Chases worth £50,000 each. Balthazar King went into the race at Aintree Racecourse. He was jockeyed by Richard Johnson, who himself is yet to win the Grand National. Balthazar King finished second, a"
"Britain in 2009. In later years he reached the 2009 Irish Greyhound Derby final and the 2010 English Greyhound Derby final and won the 2013 Irish Cesarewitch. He is now based in Kildare. He won the Greyhound Trainer of the Year seven times (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994), a record that stood until 2016 when surpassed by Mark Wallis and won the Trainers Championship twice in 1989 and 1992. John McGee (greyhound trainer) John 'Ginger' McGee is an Irish born greyhound trainer. He is a seven times champion trainer of Great Britain and was regarded as the"