- Number 9: The legendary mare who completed the Champion Hurdle-Gold Cup . . .
Number 9: Dawn Run One of the great National Hunt mares, Dawn Run made history at Cheltenham in the 1980's
- Has a horse won the Grand National, Champion Hurdle, and Cheltenham . . .
The Champion Hurdle – Cheltenham Gold Cup double was completed by Dawn Run who, in 1984, became the second mare to win the Champion Hurdle and, two years later, entered racing folklore with a gutsy, rallying victory over Wayward Lad in the 1986 Cheltenham Gold Cup
- New documentary recalls the legendary Dawn Run - Irish Examiner
The legendary mare is the only horse in history to have completed the Cheltenham Champion Hurdle-Gold Cup double Dawn Run en route to Cheltenham Gold Cup glory in 1986 Picture:
- Has any horse ever won the Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham Gold Cup and . . .
That horse, or mare, was Dawn Run who, in 1984, won the Champion Hurdle – as part of a unique treble, which also included the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown and the Grande Course de Haies d’Auteil – and, in 1986, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the Cheltenham Gold Cup
- Dawn Run - Race Days
The most successful mare in the history of National Hunt racing, Dawn Run is a true legend of the sport As winner of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in 1984, it also claimed the Gold Cup in 1986 It was also the only horse to win both the Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle as a double
- That 1980s Sports Blog: 1986 Cheltenham Gold Cup: Dawn Run
With the 2017 Cheltenham Festival about to begin, a look back at the Gold Cup in 1986, as Irish mare Dawn Run makes history Dawn Run had already confirmed her place in the pantheon of great race horses as the Cheltenham Festival neared in 1986
- Champion Hurdle Winners By Year - World of Horses
Five horses have won the Champion Hurdle on three occasions, most recently the legendary Istabraq (1998-2000) At the time of writing Honeysuckle is a very distant outsider in the ante post market to complete her own hat-trick, having won in 2022 and 2021
- The Unibet Champion Hurdle | About The Cheltenham Festival
That year she became the only second mare to win the Unibet Champion Hurdle - also adding the Irish and French versions, and two years later she added the Gold Cup and remains the only horse to have completed the Champion Hurdle-Gold Cup double
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