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((short description|Irish-bred Thoroughbred champion racehorse))
((about|Arkle, the racehorse|the race named in his honour|Arkle Challenge Trophy|the mountain in Sutherland, Scotland|Arkle (hill)))
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((Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Arkle
| image = [[Image:Skeleton of Arkle the horse at the Irish National Stud.jpg|250px]]
| caption = Skeleton of Arkle the horse at the [[Irish National Stud]]
| sire = Archive
| grandsire = [[Nearco]]
| dam = Bright Cherry
| damsire = Knight of the Garter
| sex = [[Gelding]]
| foaled = 1957
| country = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = Mary Baker at Malahow House
| owner = [[Anne Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster]]
| trainer = [[Tom Dreaper]]
| record = 35: 27-2-3
| earnings = £95,198
| race = [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]] (1964, 1965, 1966)<br /> [[King George VI Chase]] (1965)<br /> [[Irish Grand National]] (1964)<br /> [[Hennessy Gold Cup]] (1964,1965)<br /> [[Leopardstown Chase]] (1964, 1965, 1966)<br />[[Bet365 Gold Cup|Whitbread Gold Cup]] (1965)<br /> [[Gallaher Gold Cup]] (1965)<br /> [[Punchestown Gold Cup]] (1963)<br /> [[Powers Gold Cup]] (1963)<br />[[Ascot Silver Cup|SGB Handicap Chase]] (1966)
| awards = [[Timeform|Timeform rating: 212 (steeplechase)]]<br />(highest ever given for a steeplechaser)
| honours = [[British Steeplechasing Hall of Fame]] (1994)<br />[[Arkle Challenge Trophy]] at [[Cheltenham Racecourse|Cheltenham]]<br />[[Arkle Novice Chase]] at [[Leopardstown Racecourse|Leopardstown]]<br />Song 'Arkle' by [[Dominic Behan]]<br />[[Republic of Ireland]] [[postage stamp]] (1981)
|updated = January 26, 2007
))

'''Arkle''' (19 April 1957 – 31 May 1970) was an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[Thoroughbred]] racehorse. A [[Bay (horse)|bay]] [[gelding]] by Archive out of Bright Cherry, he was the grandson of the unbeaten (in 14 races) flat racehorse and prepotent sire [[Nearco]]. Arkle was bred by Mary Baker of Malahow House, near [[Naul, Dublin|Naul]], [[County Dublin]], Ireland, and was born at [[Ballymacoll Stud]], [[County Meath]]. He was owned by [[Anne Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster]], who named him after the mountain [[Arkle (Sutherland)|Arkle]] in [[Sutherland]], [[Scotland]], that bordered her Sutherland estate. Trained by [[Tom Dreaper]] at Greenogue, Kilsallaghan, in County Dublin, he was ridden during his steeplechasing career by [[Pat Taaffe]].

Arkle won three [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]]s and a number of other top races before his career was cut short by injury. At 212, his [[Timeform]] rating is the highest ever awarded to a steeplechaser.

==Early life==
Arkle, a bay colt with no white markings, was bred by Mary Baker, who kept a few mares on the family farm at Malahow, near Naul in County Dublin. His dam was Bright Cherry, who had won seven times over jumps. His sire was Archive, who, although the offspring of leading sire Nearco, had never won a race and stood at the modest fee of 48 guineas. Arkle was foaled at Ballymacoll Stud in County Meath on 19 April 1957. He was gelded as a yearling.<ref name=Magee>((cite book |last=Magee |first=Sean  |title=Arkle: the story of the world's greatest steeplechaser |publisher=Racing Post |location=Newbury, UK |date=2009))</ref>((rp|10–11,14))

In August 1960, the as yet unnamed gelding was sent to Goff's Bloodstock Sales in [[Ballsbridge]], [[Dublin]], where he was bought for 1,150 guineas by Tom Dreaper on behalf of the Duchess of Westminster.((r|Magee|page=17)) His new owner named him Arkle after a mountain overlooking her Scottish estate. After spending a year at [[Eaton Hall, Cheshire|Eaton Hall]], the Westminster estate in Cheshire, Arkle returned to Ireland in August 1961 to go into training at Tom Dreaper's yard, Greenogue, at Kilsallaghan, north of Dublin.((r|Magee|page=20-23))

==Racing career==

===1961/1962 National Hunt season===
Arkle's first racecourse appearance was on 9 December 1961 at [[Mullingar Racecourse|Mullingar]], where he came third of seventeen in the Lough Ennel Plate, a [[National Hunt flat race|bumper]]. It was a race for amateur riders, and he was ridden by the Hon. Mark Hely-Hutchinson, son of [[John Hely-Hutchinson, 7th Earl of Donoughmore|Lord Donoughmore]] (one of Dreaper's major owners). On St Stephen's Day 1961, Arkle ran in another bumper, at [[Leopardstown Racecourse|Leopardstown]]. Again ridden by Hely-Hutchinson, he came fourth of ten.((r|Magee|page=29-30))

In January 1962, Arkle had his first race over jumps in the Bective Novice Hurdle over three miles at [[Navan Racecourse|Navan]]. Stable jockey Pat Taaffe had elected to ride the favourite Kerforo and the ride on Arkle was taken by stable lad Liam McLoughlin. Arkle defeated 26 runners to win by ((frac|1|1|2)) lengths, prompting his trainer to say "I think we've got something there!" In his next race, the Rathconnel Handicap Hurdle over two miles at [[Naas Racecourse|Naas]], he was ridden for the first time by Taaffe. Starting at 2/1 favourite in a field of ten, he won by four lengths.((r|Magee|page=30-31))

The season ended with two defeats in April 1962. Arkle, ridden by McLoughlin, finished unplaced in the two-mile Balbriggen Hurdle at [[Baldoyle]], the only time in his career he would finish outside the first four. The pair then finished fourth in the New Handicap Hurdle at [[Fairyhouse Racecourse|Fairyhouse]], before Arkle went to spend the summer on his owner's farm at Bryanstown House, Maynooth, County Kildare.((r|Magee|page=31-33))

===1962/1963 National Hunt season===
The five-year-old Arkle started the 1962/1963 season with two wins over hurdles in Ireland, ridden on one occasion by Taaffe and on the other, when Taaffe was unable to make the weight, by his regular work rider, Paddy Woods. On 17 November 1962, Arkle ran for the first time over steeplechase fences in the Honeybourne Chase at Cheltenham. Ridden by Taaffe, who would go on to ride him in all his subsequent races over fences, Arkle started at 11/8 favourite and won by 20 lengths. It was his first race in England, and his victory earned him a mention in ''[[The Times]]'', where he was described as a "promising type".((r|Magee|page=35-36)) As a preparation for the 1963 [[Cheltenham Festival]], Arkle was entered in the [[Arkle Novice Chase|Milltown Novice Chase]] at [[Leopardstown Racecourse|Leopardstown]] in February. He went off as 1/2 favourite and won by eight lengths.((r|Magee|page=38)) The race was later renamed the Arkle Novice Chase in his honour.

In March 1963, Arkle made his first appearance at the Cheltenham Festival. Having gone off as 4/9 favourite in the [[Broadway Novices' Chase]], he put on a turn of speed from the second last, and won by twenty lengths. The season ended with two more victories in Ireland before Arkle went on his customary summer break at Bryanstown.((r|Magee|page=38))

===1963/1964 National Hunt season===
Arkle started the season with a win in the Donoughmore Plate, a flat race at Navan, in which he was ridden by former champion jockey [[T. P. Burns]]. There followed an easy victory in the Carey's Cottage Handicap Chase at Gowran Park, before he set off for England and a much-anticipated first meeting with the 1963 Gold Cup winner [[Mill House (horse)|Mill House]] in the [[Hennessy Gold Cup]] at [[Newbury Racecourse|Newbury]].((r|Magee|page=40)) In a field of ten, Mill House went off as 15/8 favourite and conceded 5&nbsp;lbs to Arkle, who started at 5/2. Arkle was just a length behind the leader Mill House at the third last, when he slipped after landing and took a while to recover his momentum, finishing in third place.((r|Magee|page=44-45))

There were three victories for Arkle in Ireland, in the Christmas Handicap Chase, the Thyestes Handicap Chase and the Leopardstown Handicap Chase, before another meeting with Mill House in the 1964 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Arkle avenged his previous defeat by beating Mill House (who had won the race the previous year) by five lengths to claim his first Gold Cup at odds of 7/4 with another previous winner and top-class chaser, Pas Seul, twenty-five lengths back in third place, and Kings Nephew, the only horse to have previously beaten Mill House, last of the four runners. It was the last time he did not start as the favourite for a race. Only two other horses entered the Gold Cup that year – and that became the norm for the next two years, for there was no point in taking on Arkle at level weights – so the remaining runners were racing for place money only.((r|Magee|page=59-62-45))

Three weeks after his victory at Cheltenham, Arkle ran in the [[Irish Grand National]] at Fairyhouse. The racing authorities in Ireland took the unprecedented step in the [[Irish Grand National]] of devising two weight systems – one to be used when Arkle was running, and one when he was not. Arkle won the 1964 race by only one length, but he carried 30&nbsp;lbs more than his rivals.((r|Magee|page=70))

===1964/1965 National Hunt season===
After a warm-up race in Ireland, Arkle returned to Newbury to avenge his defeat by Mill House in the previous year's Hennessy Gold Cup. In a field of nine, Arkle started at 5/4 favourite, with Mill House at 15/8. Taaffe let Arkle go to the front and jump alongside Mill House, who had nothing left as they entered the straight. Arkle strode away to win by ten lengths, with Mill House beaten into fourth place.((r|Magee|page=76-77)) Just a week later, Arkle was running in the [[December Gold Cup|Massey Ferguson Gold Cup]] at Cheltenham. He was beaten a length into third place by the grey mare Flying Wild, to whom he was conceding 32&nbsp;lbs.((r|Magee|page=80-81))

Arkle returned to Ireland to win the Leopardstown Handicap Chase for a second time before retaining his crown in the 1965 Cheltenham Gold Cup, this time beating Mill House by twenty lengths. His final race of the season was the [[Bet365 Gold Cup|Whitbread Gold Cup]] at [[Sandown Park Racecourse|Sandown Park]]. In spite of giving away at least 35&nbsp;lbs to his six rivals, Arkle won by five lengths and netted the largest prize of his career to date, £8,230.((r|Magee|page=86-88))

===1965/1966 National Hunt season===
Arkle was unbeaten in his five starts in the 1965/1966 season, winning the Gallaher Gold Cup at Sandown, the Hennessy Gold Cup for a second time, the [[King George VI Chase]] by a distance at [[Kempton Park Racecourse|Kempton]], the Leopardstown Handicap Chase for the third time (beating [[Height O'Fashion]] by a neck conceding 42lbs in Arkle's first photo finish decider <ref>((cite web |title=Arkle Win At Leopardstown |url=https://www.rte.ie//archives/2021/0202/1194511-arkle-win-at-leopardstown/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=RTÉ Archives))</ref>), and the Cheltenham Gold Cup for the third time. 

In the 1966 renewal, he was the shortest-priced favourite in history to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, starting at odds of 1/10. He won the race by thirty lengths, hard held, from Dormant and just three other rivals, despite a mistake early in the race where he ploughed through the eleventh fence, while looking at his adoring fans in the stands. However, it did not stop his momentum, nor did he ever look like falling.((r|Magee|page=118-121)) Arkle had a strange quirk in that he crossed his forelegs when jumping a fence.

===1966/1967 National Hunt season===
In November 1966, Arkle returned to Newbury to attempt a third consecutive victory in the Hennessy Gold Cup. Without a preparatory race, having not run for eight months and having suffered a setback in training two weeks earlier, faced five rivals all of whom carried at least 33lbs less than him. It was outsider Stalbridge Colonist, receiving 35lbs, who challenged Arkle on the run-in and won by half a length. The scale of the task Arkle faced is shown by the race-fit winner coming a close second and third in the two following Cheltenham Gold Cups, while in third place receiving 33lbs was the future 1969 Gold Cup winner, What A Myth. It was Arkle's first defeat in nearly two years; racing commentator [[Peter O'Sullevan]] described it as "a magnificent, noble effort".((r|Magee|page=132-136))

Arkle returned to his winning ways eighteen days later, when he landed the [[Ascot Silver Cup|SGB Handicap Chase]] at [[Ascot Racecourse|Ascot]]carrying his usual top weight of 12st 7lbs. He actually conceded 35lbs to Vultrix, himself a top-class chaser who had won the race the previous year carrying top weight of 12st 1lb, and Arkle destroyed him by 15 lengths, at which his trainer, Ryan Price, remarked that "Arkle is a living phenomenon". On 27 December 1966, Arkle ran in the King George VI Chase at [[Kempton Park Racecourse|Kempton Park]] but struck the guard rail with a hoof when jumping the open ditch, which resulted in a fractured [[pedal bone]]; despite this injury, he completed the race and was only overtaken on the run-in to finish second, a half-length behind the winner, Dormant, to whom he was still conceding 21lbs.((r|Magee|page=144-148)) Visibly lame, Arkle was loaded into the horse-ambulance and taken back to the racecourse stables, where he remained for two months, his injured leg encased in plaster.((r|Magee|page=151))

==Retirement==
Arkle was in plaster for four months and, though he made a good enough recovery to go back into training, he never ran again. He was retired and ridden as a hack at Bryanstown by his owner but in 1969 his condition deteriorated and he began to show signs of stiffness in his hind legs, possibly due to arthritis. As he found it increasingly difficult to walk and appeared to be in pain, he was [[Animal euthanasia|put down]] in his box at Bryanstown on 31 May 1970 at the age of thirteen. He was buried in his field at Bryanstown.((r|Magee|page=172-173))

==Legacy==
Arkle, known simply as "Himself", became a national hero and a legend during his lifetime. 

Fan mail, sometimes addressed only to "Arkle, Ireland", arrived at the Greenogue yard from all over the world. When it was revealed that two pints of [[Guinness]] were added to his regular feed of oats every day, the Company undertook to supply the yard with a free supply in recognition of the "pleasant publicity".((r|Magee|page=110,122-123))

At 212, Arkle's [[Timeform]] rating is the highest ever awarded to a steeplechaser. Only [[Flyingbolt]], also trained by Dreaper, had a rating anywhere near his at 210. Next on their ratings are [[Sprinter Sacre]] on 192 and then [[Kauto Star]] and [[Mill House (horse)|Mill House]] on 191.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/dec/28/arkle-timeform-rating-phil-smith |title=Phil Smith right to question Arkle's exaggerated rating |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 December 2009))</ref> In 2004 he narrowly beat [[Desert Orchid]] to be named all-time favourite British or Irish racehorse in a [[Racing Post]] poll.<ref>((cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/3438203.stm |title=The legend of Arkle|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=20 February 2004))</ref>

Arkle put in various public appearances including, after his retirement, one at the [[Horse of the Year Show]] in 1969.((r|Magee|page=170)) He has been celebrated in songs, appeared on stamps, and is commemorated with statues. In 1972 the Duchess of Westminster unveiled a statue at Cheltenham racecourse;((r|Magee|page=178)) in 2014 a 1.1 scale bronze statue was unveiled in [[Ashbourne, County Meath]], the nearest town to the Greenogue yard.<ref>((cite web |title=Unveiling of Arkle statue in Ashbourne |url=https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2014/04/18/unveiling-of-arkle-statue-in-ashbourne/ |work=[[Meath Chronicle]] |date=18 April 2014))</ref>

Two races, both [[National Hunt racing#Grades and classes|Grade 1]], have been named in Arkle's honour: in 1969 the [[Arkle Challenge Trophy]] replaced the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham Racecourse; and the Milltown Novice Chase at Leopardstown was renamed the Arkle Novice Chase.

In 1976, the controversial decision was made to exhume Arkle's remains and to mount his skeleton for display at the [[Irish National Stud]]. Amongst those who disapproved was Arkle's jockey Taaffe, who said: "I hated seeing his frame up there. I couldn't look at him for long".((r|Magee|page=110,181-183))

==Race record==
Arkle won 27 of his 35 starts, including 22 wins from 26 steeplechases, and he was placed in the other four races with mitigating circumstances for each defeat. He carried more than 12th in weight in 14 of his races, and won at distances from 1m 6f on the Flat up to 3m 5f over fences.

Besides winning three consecutive [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]]s (1964, 1965, 1966) and the 1965 [[King George VI Chase]], Arkle triumphed in a number of other important handicap chases, including the 1964 [[Irish Grand National]] (under 12-0), the 1964 and 1965 [[Hennessy Gold Cup]]s (both times under 12-7), the 1965 Gallaher Gold Cup (conceding 16&nbsp;lb to [[Mill House (horse)|Mill House]] while breaking the course record by 17 seconds), and the 1965 [[Bet365 Gold Cup|Whitbread Gold Cup]] (under 12-7). In the 1966 Hennessy, he failed by only half a length to give Stalbridge Colonist 35&nbsp;lb.

Arkle's full race record is listed below.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Date !! Racecourse !! Distance !! Race !! Jockey !! Weight !! Odds !! Field !! Result !! Margin
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|| 09 Dec 61 || Mullingar || ((frac|2|1|4)) miles || Lough Ennel Plate (NH Flat Race) || Mr M Hely-Hutchinson || 11-4 || 5/1 || 17 || 3rd || 9 lengths
|-
|| 26 Dec 61 || Leopardstown || 2 miles || Greystones Flat Race (NH Flat Race) || Mr M Hely-Hutchinson || 10-11 || 5/1 || 10 || 4th || 8 lengths
|-
|| 20 Jan 62 || Navan || 3 miles || Bective Novice Hurdle || L McLoughlin || 11-5 || 20/1 || 27 || 1st || ((frac|1|1|2)) lengths
|-
|| 10 Mar 62 || Naas || 2 miles || Rathconnell Handicap Hurdle || P Taaffe || 11-2 || 2/1f || 10 || 1st || 4 lengths
|-
|| 14 Apr 62 || Baldoyle || 2 miles || Balbriggan Handicap Hurdle || L McLoughlin || 10-1 || 6/1 || 18 || Unpl || 15 lengths
|-
|| 24 Apr 62 || Fairyhouse || 2 miles || New Handicap Hurdle || L McLoughlin || 10-5 || 8/1 || 9 || 4th || 12 lengths
|-
|| 17 Oct 62 || Dundalk || 2 miles 1f || Wee County Handicap Hurdle || P Taaffe || 11-13 || 6/1 || 10 || 1st || 6 lengths
|-
|| 24 Oct 62 || Gowran Park || 2 miles || HE Presidents Handicap Hurdle || P Woods || 10-5 || 9/2f || 21 || 1st || 5 lengths
|-
|| 17 Nov 62 || Cheltenham || ((frac|2|1|2)) miles || Honeybourne Chase || P Taaffe || 11-11 || 11/8f || 12 || 1st || 20 lengths
|-
|| 23 Feb 63 || Leopardstown || 2 miles || Milltown Chase || P Taaffe || 12-11 || 1/2f || 15 || 1st || 8 lengths
|- 
|| 12 Mar 63 || Cheltenham || 3 miles || Broadway Chase || P Taaffe || 12-4 || 4/9f || 15 || 1st || 20 lengths
|-
|| 15 Apr 63 || Fairyhouse || ((frac|2|1|4)) miles || Power Gold Cup Chase || P Taaffe || 12-5 || 2/7f || 5 || 1st || 3 lengths
|-
|| 1 May 63 || Punchestown || ((frac|2|1|2)) miles || John Jameson Handicap Chase || P Taaffe || 12-4 || 4/7f || 3 || 1st || 15 lengths
|-
|| 09 Oct 63 || Navan || 1 mile 6f || Donoughmore Plate (Flat Race) || T P Burns || 9-6 || 4/6f || 13 || 1st || 5 lengths
|-
|| 24 Oct 63 || Gowran Park || ((frac|2|1|2)) miles || Carey's Cottage Handicap Chase || P Taaffe || 11-13 || 4/7f || 10 || 1st || 10 lengths
|-
|| 30 Nov 63 || Newbury || ((frac|3|1|4)) miles || Hennessy Gold Cup (Handicap Chase) || P Taaffe || 11-9 || 5/2 || 10 || 3rd || ((frac|8|3|4)) lengths
|-
|| 26 Dec 63 || Leopardstown || 3 miles || Christmas Handicap Chase || P Taaffe || 12-0 || 4/7f || 6 || 1st || 2 lengths
|-
|| 30 Jan 64 || Gowran Park || 3 miles ½f || Thyestes Handicap Chase || P Taaffe || 12-0 || 4/6f || 9 || 1st || 10 lengths
|-
|| 15 Feb 64 || Leopardstown || 3 miles || Leopardstown Handicap Chase || P Taaffe || 12-0 || 4/7f || 6 || 1st || 12 lengths
|-
|| 07 Mar 64 || Cheltenham || ((frac|3|1|4)) miles || Cheltenham Gold Cup || P Taaffe || 12-0 || 7/4 || 4 || 1st || 5 lengths
|-
|| 30 Mar 64 || Fairyhouse || ((frac|3|1|4)) miles || Irish Grand National (Handicap Chase) || P Taaffe || 12-0 || 1/2f || 7 || 1st || ((frac|1|1|4)) lengths
|-
|| 29 Oct 64 || Gowran Park || ((frac|2|1|2)) miles || Carey's Cottage Handicap Chase || P Taaffe || 12-0 || 1/5f || 3 || 1st || 5 lengths
|-
|| 05 Dec 64 || Newbury || ((frac|3|1|4)) miles || Hennessy Gold Cup (Handicap Chase) || P Taaffe || 12-7 || 5/4f || 9 || 1st || 10 lengths
|- 
|| 12 Dec 64 || Cheltenham || 2 miles 5f || Massey Ferguson Gold Cup (H'cap Chase) || P Taaffe || 12-10 || 8/11f || 7 || 3rd || ((frac|1|1|4)) lengths
|-
|| 27 Feb 65 || Leopardstown || 3 miles || Leopardstown Handicap Chase || P Taaffe || 12-7 || 8/11f || 9 || 1st || 1 length
|-
|| 11 Mar 65 || Cheltenham || ((frac|3|1|4)) miles || Cheltenham Gold Cup || P Taaffe || 12-0 || 3/10f || 4 || 1st || 20 lengths
|-
|| 24 Apr 65 || Sandown || 3 miles 5f || Whitbread Gold Cup (Handicap Chase) || P Taaffe || 12-7 || 4/9f || 7 || 1st || 5 lengths
|-
|| 06 Nov 65 || Sandown || 3 miles ½f || Gallaher Gold Cup (Handicap Chase) || P Taaffe || 12-7 || 4/9f || 7 || 1st || 20 lengths
|-
|| 27 Nov 65 || Newbury || ((frac|3|1|4)) miles || Hennessy Gold Cup (Handicap Chase) || P Taaffe || 12-7 || 1/6f || 8 || 1st || 15 lengths
|-
|| 27 Dec 65 || Kempton || 3 miles || King George VI Chase || P Taaffe || 12-0 || 1/7f || 4 || 1st || 30+ lengths
|-
|| 01 Mar 66 || Leopardstown || 3 miles || Leopardstown Handicap Chase || P Taaffe || 12-7 || 1/5f || 4 || 1st || Neck
|-
|| 17 Mar 66 || Cheltenham || ((frac|3|1|4)) miles || Cheltenham Gold Cup || P Taaffe || 12-0 || 1/10f || 5 || 1st || 30 lengths
|-
|| 26 Nov 66 || Newbury || ((frac|3|1|4)) miles || Hennessy Gold Cup (Handicap Chase) || P Taaffe || 12-7 || 4/6f || 6 || 2nd || ½ length
|-
|| 14 Dec 66 || Ascot || 3 miles || SGB Handicap Chase || P Taaffe || 12-7 || 1/3f || 5 || 1st || 15 lengths
|- 
|| 27 Dec 66 || Kempton || 3 miles || King George VI Chase || P Taaffe || 12-7 || 2/9f || 7 || 2nd || 1 length
|}

==See also==
* [[Repeat winners of horse races]]
* [[List of racehorses]]

==References==
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((Cheltenham Gold Cup winners))

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[[Category:Cheltenham Festival winners]]
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Template:Short description/lowercasecheck (view source) (protected)
Template:Template other (view source) (protected)
Template:Use Hiberno-English (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Use dmy dates (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:About (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Arguments (view source) (protected)
Module:Authority control (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Authority control/config (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Category handler (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/blacklist (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/shared (view source) (protected)
Module:Check for unknown parameters (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1 (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/COinS (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:DecodeEncode (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Disambiguation (view source) (protected)
Module:Disambiguation/templates (view source) (protected)
Module:EditAtWikidata (view source) (protected)
Module:Format link (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:GetParameters (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Hatnote (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Hatnote/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Hatnote list (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:InfoboxImage (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Message box (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/ambox.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox/configuration (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Ns has subpages (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Plain text (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Redirect (view source) (protected)
Module:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Module:Separated entries (view source) (protected)
Module:String (view source) (protected)
Module:String2 (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:TableTools (view source) (protected)
Module:Unsubst (view source) (protected)
Module:Yesno (view source) (protected)

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