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Timeform states that the very poorest horses may be rated as low as 30, with the very best horses rated 130 and above. [6] Two-year-old ratings are slightly lower than those for older horses. It also notes that only a very select number of horses have achieved a rating of 175 and above for hurdling (16) or 182 and above for chasing (20). [7]
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Here is a full list of all the winners of Grand National. There were no winners between 1916-1918 because of World War I, 1941-1945 due to World War II, 1993 due to a series of false starts and 2020 due to COVID-19.
Jay Trump: three-time winner of the Maryland Hunt Cup and the Grand National; John Henry: U.S. Champion Turf Horse (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984) Johnstown: winner of the 1939 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes; Jungle Pocket: 2001 winner of the Japanese Derby and Japan Cup; Justify: 2018 winner of the U.S. Triple Crown
In 2023, the Japan Cup in association with Longines was named the World's Best Horse Race. Additionally, the IFHA releases the top 100 Group/Grade 1 races each year. [2] The Longines World's Best Jockey [3] is named each December. The top 100 Group 1 and Grade 1 races serve as the base of this annual competition to recognize top jockeys ...
National Hunt Racing, also known as Jump Racing, [1] is a form of horse racing particular to many European countries, including, but not limited to: France, Great Britain and Ireland. Jump Racing requires horses to jump over fences and ditches.
Shaded areas indicate the unofficial precursors of the Grand National (1836–38), the wartime substitutes at Gatwick Racecourse (1916–18), the cancelled period during World War II (1941–45) and the void race in 1993. The list features two horses called Peter Simple and two called Royal Mail.
To this day, when people ask me which was the best horse I ever saw run, I tell them that I saw Arkle and I saw Flyingbolt - and that Flyingbolt was the best. In an interview with the Racing Post in November 2020, Walsh further expressed his thoughts on the Arkle/Flyingbolt debate. "Flyingbolt was the greatest National Hunt horse I ever saw.