beaker1 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Grand National-winning trainer Josh Gifford has died of a heart attack.Gifford, who had only recently returned home from hospital after suffering from septicaemia, will forever be remembered for Aldaniti's stirring victory at Aintree in 1981 after his jockey Bob Champion recovered from cancer.Gifford's son, Nick, who took over from his father at his Findon yard in West Sussex, confirmed the sad news."I'm afraid he passed away in the early hours," he said.Before starting his training career, Gifford was an accomplished jockey and was crowned champion on four occasions.He had four Cheltenham Festival successes and finished second in the 1967 Grand National on Honey End behind the legendary winner Foinavon.Gifford had his first ride as a 12-year-old and his first winner came two years later in 1956 on Trentham Boy on the Flat. His first winner over jumps was at Wincanton in 1959.As well as winning the National with Aldaniti, Gifford trained top-quality horses such as Door Latch, Deep Sensation, Bradbury Star and Katabatic.He trained over 1,500 winners in his career.His son, Nick, added: "He'd been back home for about three weeks but he took a turn for the worse yesterday evening. By the early hours he was in a really bad way and in the end it was a heart attack." taken from at the races rip josh gifford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotter Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Re: RIP josh gifford RIP Josh Gifford - certainly one of the big names of jump racing during my lifetime The Aldaniti/Bob Champion story is one the great National stories Door Latch was a favourite of mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erhaab1965 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Re: RIP josh gifford Never been a fan of the Gifford's as a punter , because their horses are not trained to win races in succession. Sad news nevertheless. The stable can get one to win when the occasion is right , just like Royal Wedding on the day of the Royal Wedding last year. From a punting perspective , keep an eye on his next few runners , I'll certainly be backing them blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidymac Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Re: RIP josh gifford Even when a man dies, Erhaab has to bring race-fixing into it.. :lol Never heard of him, so just shows what i know (nothing).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowles10 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Re: RIP josh gifford Never heard of him, so just shows what i know (nothing).. scary !! Josh G is part of racing folklore RIP His name live son with his son training at his yard having taken over some years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidymac Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Re: RIP josh gifford scary !! Josh G is part of racing folklore RIP His name live son with his son training at his yard having taken over some years ago Is Nick Gifford his son? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erhaab1965 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Re: RIP josh gifford Never been a fan of the Gifford's as a punter , because their horses are not trained to win races in succession. Sad news nevertheless. The stable can get one to win when the occasion is right , just like Royal Wedding on the day of the Royal Wedding last year. From a punting perspective , keep an eye on his next few runners , I'll certainly be backing them blind. Well done to those who backed him blind , he hit the cross bar a couple of times but eventually had an 8/1 winner who hacked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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