Marcus Armytage says that Cheltenham, the highlight of the jumping season, is where all jockeys dream about winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Before you read jockey Marcus Armytage’s feature on why the Cheltenham Gold Cup is still the pinnacle of jump racing, be sure to take a look at our guides to what to wear to the Festival for ladies and the gents.
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the highlight of the jump race season
Red Splash was a chestnut horse with a white blaze that won the inaugural Cheltenham Gold Cup back in 1924. At the time, no one could have predicted how important the race would grow to be. It was all Grand National back then. Indeed that first Gold Cup, one of the few weight-forage non-handicap chases at the time, was very much regarded as a trial for Aintree, and the main talking point after that first running was less about Red Splash than Conjuror II’s head defeat in second that strengthened his position in the betting for Liverpool the following month.
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