The 2007 Cheltenham Festival 13th to 16th March

[Jonesy Knows]

Only 12 more sleeps and then the annual bestest NH racing on the planet will be upon us! (said like a kid waiting for Christmas Day)... 24 of the most hotly contested races of the entire racing calendar, with around 500 or so horses competing for £3 million in prize money. Millions of pounds in bets ride on these championships races, with several million being bet on-course on every event. The climax of the week is the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday, with other highlights being Tuesday's Smurfit Champion Hurdle, Wednesday's Queen Mother Champion Chase and the Ladbrokes World Hurdle on Thursday. I have been licking my lips at the prospect of this Gala Event and like every other enthusiast of this beautiful sport, I will be wrecking my brains from now until kick off, The Supreme Novices Hurdle studying form, trends down to putting on my lucky boxer shorts! :tongue2 I'll start this thread by putting up some statistics - feel free to add any of your own analysis... THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CURRENT JOCKEYS AT THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL

18	Tony McCoy
14	Mick FitzGerald
12	Richard Johnson
11	Jonjo O’Neill
11	Ruby Walsh
11	Barry Geraghty
9	Paul Carberry
8	Robert Thornton
7	Carl Llewellyn
6	Timmy Murphy
4	Conor O’Dwyer
3	Tony Dobbin
3	Graham Lee
3	Andrew Thornton

The previous winners of the Racing Post Leading Rider Award

2006	Ruby Walsh	3
2005	Graham Lee	3
2004	Ruby Walsh	3
2003	Barry Geraghty	5
2002	Richard Johnson	2
2000	Mick FitzGerald	4
1999	Mick FitzGerald	4
1998	Tony McCoy	5
1997	Tony McCoy	3
1996	Richard Dunwoody	2
1995	Norman Williamson	4
1994	Charlie Swan	3
1993	Charlie Swan	4
1992	Jamie Osborne	5
1991	Peter Scudamore	2
1990	Richard Dunwoody	2
1989	Tom Morgan	2
1988	Simon Sherwood	2
1987	Peter Scudamore	2
1986	Peter Scudamore	2
1985	Steve Smith Eccles	3
1984	Jonjo O'Neill	2
1983	Graham Bradley	3
1982	Jonjo O'Neill	1
1981	John Francome	3
1980	Jim Wilson	3

[Jonesy Knows]

Re: The 2007 Cheltenham Festival 13th to 16th March THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CURRENT TRAINERS AT THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL

31	Nicky Henderson
18	Edward O'Grady (IRE)
13	Paul Nicholls
11	Jonjo O’Neill
10	Philip Hobbs
9	David Elsworth
9	Willie Mullins (IRE)
7	Henrietta Knight
7	Nigel Twiston-Davies
6	Francois Doumen (FR)
6	Arthur Moore (IRE)
6	Mouse Morris (IRE)
6	Oliver Sherwood
5	Jessica Harrington (IRE)
5	Dessie Hughes (IRE)
5	Ferdy Murphy
5	Aidan O’Brien (IRE)