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Cheltenham & Grand National Winner same year?

  • 08-03-2012 12:18pm
    #1
    Nulty
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    Anyone know the last to do it?


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  • #2
    Colonel Sanders
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    Nulty wrote: »
    Anyone know the last to do it?

    If I remember correctly Cheltenham winners have a shocking record in the national. Didn't Garison Savannah finish 2nd in the national after his festival win?

    To answer the actual question I don't actually know!


  • #3
    Nulty
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    Seagram did it in '91

    Festival Handicap Chase


  • #4
    Nulty
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    Rough Quest
    2nd in the Gold Cup '95

    Silver Birch
    2nd in the Cross Country '07


  • #5
    mccarte2
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    Hedgehunter was 2nd in GC and 2nd in GN in 2006

    Royal Auclair was 4th in GC and 2nd in GN in 2005

    Not winners obv but 2 that came to mind.


  • #6
    Nulty
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    Colonel Sanders wrote: »
    If I remember correctly Cheltenham winners have a shocking record in the national. Didn't Garison Savannah finish 2nd in the national after his festival win?

    To answer the actual question I don't actually know!

    That would be a matter for statistical analysis. There are 40 runners in the National, not always, but that makes it hard to say with any confidence the record of performance. Of course winning the race after winning at Cheltenham is probably statistically unlikely anyway.

    Would love to see some analysis on the runners of both competitions since 1990


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  • #7
    Nulty
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    Add Sunnyhillboy to that? ;)

    Will Synchronised go for it now? (I'd bet against it)


  • #8
    the groutch
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    Nulty wrote: »
    Anyone know the last to do it?

    Only one has ever done it, Golden Miller in 1934


  • #9
    Nulty
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    the groutch wrote: »
    Only one has ever done it, Golden Miller in 1934

    Pet hate: people who don't read a thread before posting. ;)


  • #10
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    Nulty wrote: »
    Pet hate: people who don't read a thread before posting. ;)

    not as annoying as people who use the phrase "pet hate"


  • #11
    Nulty
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    Probably not, there is enough evidence in this thread to suggest your posts aren't reliable.

    ;):rolleyes:;);):rolleyes:;)


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  • #12
    barney4001
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    was thinking of Manderin maybe winning g/n and g/c not sure though


  • #13
    AhrSkidar
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    Jonjo O'Neill rode Alverton to win the 1979 Gold Cup and was on him again when he was sadly killed at Beechers in the '79 National. I wonder if that will weigh on his mind in the coming weeks.

    Whether Alverton would have won that Gold Cup if Tied Cottage hadn't fallen at the last is another debate...

    (No he wouldn't.)


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