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unusual facts about National Hunt



Kelso, Scottish Borders

The town has much sport and recreation, the River Tweed at Kelso is renowned for its salmon fishing, there are two eighteen-hole golf courses as well as a National Hunt (jumping) horse racing track, the course is known as "Britain's Friendliest Racecourse", racing first took place in Kelso in 1822.

Sam Ricketts

Ricketts' family is highly involved in equestrian: His father is the 1978 world showjumping champion Derek Ricketts, now performance manager of the UK show jumping team, and his uncle is the former National Hunt champion jockey John Francome.

Taunton Racecourse

Opened in 1927, Taunton is the youngest National Hunt course in England, and the last racecourse to be opened in Britain until Great Leighs in 2008.

Venetia Williams

Venetia Williams (born Scorrier, Cornwall, England on 10 May 1960) is a British racehorse trainer specialising in National Hunt racing.


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Albertas Run

In the 2006/7 National Hunt season Albertas Run competed as a Novice Hurdler, winning on his debut over obstacles at Uttoxeter Racecourse in October.

Biddlecombe

Terry Biddlecombe (1941–2014), English National Hunt racing jockey in the 1960s and 1970s

Burrough Hill Lad

In the 1983/1984 National Hunt season, Burrough Hill Lad established himself as a contender for the Cheltenham Gold Cup when he won the Welsh National at Chepstow Racecourse in December.

Huntingdon Racecourse

Part of The Jockey Club, Huntingdon Racecourse is an intimate National Hunt racing venue with an atmosphere all of its own, it was voted Best Small Racecourse in the South Midlands and East Anglia by the Racegoers Club.

Lucarno

Retired to stud for the 2009 season, Lucarno will stand at Wood Farm Stud in Ellerdine, Wellington, Shropshire, where he will be covering predominantly National Hunt mares, his size, strong physique, soundness and excellent conformation making him eminently suitable for that role.

Michael G. Walsh

Walsh is also related to famed Irish horse trainer Ted Walsh and his son, National Hunt Champion Ruby Walsh

National Hunt flat race

National Hunt Flat races, informally known as Bumper races, are flat races run under National Hunt racing rules in Britain and Ireland.

National Hunt racing

The capital of National Hunt racing in the UK is Cheltenham Racecourse, in the Cotswolds, which hosts the Cheltenham Festival in the third week of March each year, as well as other important fixtures during the NH calendar.

Nigel Twiston-Davies

He has trained over 1000 winners under National Hunt rules including two winners of the Grand National with Earth Summit in 1998 and Bindaree in 2002, and the winner of the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup with Imperial Commander.

Pony Turf Club

In 1947 after a lapse of nearly seven years PTC racing re-started at the former National Hunt racecourses at Hawthorn Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire and Shirley in the West Midlands.

Ted Walsh

Ted is also father to amateur Irish National Hunt jockey, Katie.