FEATURE JUMP RACING DYNASTIES
SAM WALEY-COHEN’S WINS OVER THE GRAND NATIONAL FENCES AT AINTREE Becher Handicap Chase: Oscar Time ( 2014 ) Topham Handicap Chase: Liberthine ( 2006 ), Rajdhani Express ( 2015 ) Foxhunters’ Chase: Katarino ( 2005 , 2006 ), Warne (2014) Grand National: Noble Yeats (2022 )
COMPLETE GRAND NATIONAL RECORD 2007 Liberthine (5th) 2009 Ollie Magern (Fell, 2nd)
2011 Oscar Time (2nd) 2013 Oscar Time (4th) 2014 Long Run (Fell, 9th) 2015 Oscar Time (15th)
2016 Black Thunder (Pulled up, 21st) 2017 The Young Master (Fell, 6th) 2021 Jett (8th) 2022 Noble Yeats (Won)
his issues as being “wrong shape, wrong weight, not fit enough – basically, just thoroughly incompetent.” But while his own riding career failed to take off, he and his wife Felicity are justifiably very proud parents. He remarks: “I think it has been said that children are influenced by the sporting ambitions of their parents. While my wife Felicity is a beautiful rider, she had no desire to ride competitively, so I think Sam has been carrying out my sporting ambitions! “It has been fun and we’ve had some great times, but all good things come to an end and we are now moving on to the next chapter. “Sam is obviously still going to be a major part of our operation and we will continue to talk horses frequently. Now he is not going to be riding, we will probably look at having fewer horses, with the emphasis very much on quality. “I think Sam’s success is a great testament to point- to-point racing in this country. It may not be quite the nursery for horses that it is in Ireland, but it has proven to be a great nursery for people who have gone on to be successful under Rules.” While the 2022 Randox Grand National was certainly the perfectly timed crescendo that Sam Waley-Cohen’s years in the saddle had built towards, there is no doubt we will continue to see him and his family on racecourses for many years to come.
WINS AT THE FESTIVAL™ 2005 Liberthine – Plate Handicap Chase (Grade Three) 2009 Tricky Trickster – National Hunt Chase 2011 Long Run – Cheltenham Gold Cup (Grade One) 2013 Rajdhani Express – Novices’ Handicap Chase (Listed Race) OTHER MAJOR WINS 2007 Shatabdi – Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle (Grade Two), Kempton Park 2009 Long Run – Feltham Novices’ Chase (Grade One), Kempton Park 2010 Long Run – Kingmaker Novices’ Chase (Grade Two), Warwick 2010 , 2012 Long Run – King George VI Chase (Grade One), Kempton Park 2012 Long Run – Denman Chase (Grade Two), Newbury 2016 The Young Master – bet365 Gold Cup (Grade Three), Sandown Park 2019 Impulsive Star – Classic Handicap Chase (Grade Three), Warwick
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