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Captain Christy (foaled 1967) was a champion Irish-bred and Irish-trained hurdler and steeplechaser who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup as a novice.. In spite of a tendency to make mistakes, Captain Christy was an outstanding hurdler and one of the best steeplechasers of all time.
Captain Christy won the race in 1973, the year before winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup as a novice. Another Irish-trained horse, Golden Cygnet , suffered fatal injuries when he fell in the 1978 running.
In its early years the race took place in December, and prior to becoming a handicap it served as a major trial for the Champion Hurdle when it was won by champions such as Persian War, Comedy of Errors and Night Nurse, as well as the future Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, Captain Christy.
Captain C. B. Harty 1967 Mr Twomey: John Kiely [a] J. Cullen 1968 Muir: 9 Ben Hannon: Tom Dreaper: 1969 L'Escargot: 6 Tommy Carberry: Dan Moore: no race 1970: 1971 Lockyersleigh: 8 Tommy Carberry: Paddy Mullins: 1972 Super Day: John Fowler [a] G. St. John Nolan 1973 Captain Christy: 6 Bobby Beasley: Pat Taaffe: 1974 Flashy Boy: Tommy Carberry ...
Generally novices race against other novices although there is no restriction preventing novices competing against more experienced rivals. Occasionally a novice wins a major race outside novice company - Captain Christy in 1974 and Coneygree in 2015 won the Cheltenham Gold Cup as novices, [2] as did Make A Stand in the 1997 Champion Hurdle.
Captain Christy: 8 Bobby Coonan: Pat Taaffe: 1976 Fort Fox: Frank Berry: J R Cox: 1977 Fort Fox: Thomas McGivern: J R Cox: 1978 Jack Of Trumps: 5 Mr. Niall Madden Sr. Edward O'Grady: 1979 Jack Of Trumps: 6 Mr. Niall Madden Sr. Edward O'Grady: 1980 Chinrullah: 8 Mr. Niall Madden Sr. Mick O'Toole: 1981 Tacroy: 7 Tommy Carmody: Michael O'Brien ...
These are a few words Billy Riggs, manager of Captain Archie’s in North Myrtle Beach, used to describe its former owner, Captain Archie Neil “Poo” McLauchlin, who died Wednesday at 87 years old.
As a three-year-old gelding, Lord Windermere was offered for sale at Tattersalls Ireland in June and at Doncaster in August, but failed to find a buyer. In December 2010, the gelding was offered for sale for the fourth time when he was sent to the Cheltenham Breeze-Up sale and was bought for £75,000 by the trainer and former jockey Jim Culloty ...