Horses to have won 2 races at the same Chelteham Festival

[drchris]

Has any horse achieved this. How many have. Who was the last

[stilvi]

Without looking anything up I think Inkslinger may have done it.

[graysonscolumn]

I know Feroda won two in consecutive days at the Aintree Festival in 1989, but I can’t think of any more recent example either there or at Cheltenham.

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[grey dolphin]

One came very close in 1998 or 1999 – an Irish mare – Generosa? won one of the handicap hurdles and placing in another.

[rory]

Stilvi’s right with Inkslinger (although the Cathcart was one of those and fairly uncompetitive) and there have been examples of horses winning the second of two races at the same Festival, like Sound Reveillez and Our Armageddon.

[graysonscolumn]

Ooh yes, Our Armageddon! One of my best ever Festie results, that, though again, it was a notably weak Cathcart (the last one ever) in which he triumphed.

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[Friggo]

Not quite the same thing, but I was reminded last night of Montelado’s feat of winning consecutive Festival races- albeit 363 days apart- in 1992’s Champion Bumper and 1993’s Supreme.

[CheltenhamSpecialist]

The most impressive attempt (IMO) was by Flyingbolt in 1965 who won the Champion Chase and turned out in The Champion Hurdle 23 hours later (started Fav) only to be beaten into third under one of the worst rides of Tom Taffee’s entire career
Later that season won the 3m5f Irish Grand National under 12st 7lbs giving two and a half stones to the high class mare Height Of Fashion

[CheltenhamSpecialist]

Not quite the same thing, but I was reminded last night of Montelado’s feat of winning consecutive Festival races- albeit 363 days apart- in 1992’s Champion Bumper and 1993’s Supreme.

A feat that will surely be equalled this year!

[Grasshopper]

Not quite, CS.

Montelado (one of my all-time faves) won the last race in 1992, and the first in 1993 – hence the "two in a row".

[CheltenhamSpecialist]

I’d forgetten they’d moved the bumper!!

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