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Has passed away in retirement at 31yrs, he was a grand chaser trained by Martin Pipe
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I remember being at Aintree and backing him when he won the Topham with a great round of jumping under McCoy.
I am glad he had such a long retirement.
Only seems like yesterday when he was the Next Big Thing; glad he had a long and happy retirement
Brilliant tribute by David Pipe, who described Cyfor Malta’s long and wonderful retirement alongside Miinnehoma, It takes time and Dynaste. I loved his precocious victory at the ago of five in the Topham, although he never ran over the big fences again. His triumph in the Pillar Chase at Cheltenham in 1999, beating the first two home in that year’s Gold Cup, was superlative, but he succumbed to injury and was never the same horse again, despite some courageous comeback efforts. How on earth did Martin Pipe never win a Gold Cup (with Carvill’s Hill, poor Gloria Victis, Cyfor Malta etc) when Noel Chance in the same era, won two ? Great memories, though.
The link to David Pipe’s website article is https://www.davidpipe.com I forgot to include Rushing Wild’s close second behind Jodami in 1993 among Martin Pipe’s Gold Cup’s unlucky horses. However I wouldn’t want to underrate Noel Chance’s training feats specifically with Mr Mulligan (1997) and Looks Like Trouble (2000) whom he handled very well indeed. He trained for 38 years, which was a considerable achievement,and it has always been very refreshing for the sport when small trainers like Arthur Barrow, Sirrell Griffith, Fergie Sutherland and Mark Bradstock have won the Gold Cup, beating the big names. Incidentally Looks Like Trouble must be 32 years old now, the oldest Gold Cup winner, assuming he’s still alive. Any news of him ?
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