Barry Geraghty

Barry Geraghty
Barry Geraghty
	Barry Geraghty & Sprinter Sacre at Punchestown in 2013
Occupation	Jockey
Born	16 September 1979 (age 45); Pelletstown, County Meath, Ireland
Career wins	1920
Honours
	Irish jump racing Champion Jockey 1999/00, 2003/04
Significant horses
	Moscow Flyer, Kicking King, Bobs Worth, Sprinter Sacre

Barry Geraghty (born 16 September 1979) is a retired Irish jockey. He is the second most successful jockey of all time at the Cheltenham Festival.^[2]

Geraghty rode his first winner in January 1997 and three years later he became the Irish Champion jump jockey for the first time. His first win in England was the 1998 Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter on Miss Orchestra for trainer Jessica Harrington.^[3] He rode his first Cheltenham winner on the Jessica Harrington-trained Moscow Flyer in the 2002 Arkle Chase.

He won the Grand National in 2003 on Monty's Pass.^[4] Also that year he won five races at the Cheltenham Festival, including the Queen Mother Champion Chase on Moscow Flyer and was voted Irish sports personality of the year.

In the 2003–04 season he became Champion Irish jump jockey for the second time and won the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham on the Jonjo O'Neill-trained Iris's Gift.

Geraghty and Moscow Flyer won their second Champion Chases at the 2005 Cheltenham Festival, and Barry also won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Kicking King for trainer Tom Taaffe at that meeting. Following the retirement of Mick Fitzgerald he became first jockey to the Nicky Henderson stable in 2008.

In 2009 he won the Champion Hurdle on Punjabi,^[5] the Arkle Challenge Trophy on Forpadydeplasterer and Triumph Hurdle on Zaynar. In winning the Champion Hurdle he became the first jockey to have won the big four races at cheltenham (Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers Hurdle, Gold Cup) and The English Grand National. On 2 November 2009 he rode his 1000th winner under National Hunt Rules in UK and Ireland when the Nicky Henderson trained Duc De Regniere won at Kempton.^[6] He won his fifth Champion Chase at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival on Sprinter Sacre. He has had at least one winner at each Cheltenham festival since his first victory in 2002 except for the 2017 Cheltenham festival. At the 2020 Cheltenham Festival he had five wins for owner JP McManus. This included a record equalling four wins in the Champion Hurdle.

On 28 August 2012 he recorded his 1,000th Irish winner after a treble at Cork Racecourse.^[7] On 26 January 2019 he rode his 1,875th winner in Britain and Ireland, moving him up to fourth on the all-time winners list.^[8]

In July 2020, Geraghty announced his retirement.^[9] At retirement, he was the fourth most successful British and Irish jump jockey with 1920 winners.^[10]

Cheltenham Festival winners (43)

Cheltenham Festival winners (43)
Year	Race	Mount
2002	Arkle Challenge Trophy	Moscow Flyer
2003	William Hill Trophy	Youlneverwalkalone
	Pertemps Final	Inching Closer
	Queen Mother Champion Chase	Moscow Flyer
	Triumph Hurdle	Spectroscope
	County Hurdle	Spirit Leader
2004	Stayers Hurdle	Iris's Gift
2005	Queen Mother Champion Chase	Moscow Flyer
2005	Cheltenham Gold Cup	Kicking King
2006	Royal & SunAlliance Chase	Star De Mohaison
2006	Coral Cup	Skys The Limit
2007	Champion Bumper	Cork All Star
2008	Jewsons Novices' Handicap Chase	Finger on The Pulse
2009	Arkle Challenge Trophy	Forpadydeplasterer
	Champion Hurdle	Punjabi
	Triumph Hurdle	Zaynar
2010	Queen Mother Champion Chase	Big Zeb
	Coral Cup	Spirit River
	Triumph Hurdle	Soldatino
2011	Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle	Bobs Worth
2012	Arkle Challenge Trophy	Sprinter Sacre
	Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle	Simonsig
	RSA Chase	Bobs Worth
	Queen Mother Champion Chase	Finian's Rainbow
	Ryanair Chase	Riverside Theatre
2013	Arkle Challenge Trophy	Simonsig
	Queen Mother Champion Chase	Sprinter Sacre
	Cheltenham Gold Cup	Bobs Worth
2014	Champion Hurdle	Jezki
	RSA Chase	O'Faolians Boy
	World Hurdle^{[N 1]}	More Of That
2015	Ultima Business Solutions Handicap Chase	The Druids Nephew
2015	Triumph Hurdle	Peace and Co
2016	Triumph Hurdle	Ivanovich Gorbatov
2018	Champion Hurdle	Buveur d'Air
2018	Grand Annual Chase	Le Prezien
2019	JLT Novices Chase	Defi De Seuil
2019	Pertemps Final	Sire De Berlais
2020	Champion Hurdle	Epatante
	RSA Chase	Champ
	Coral Cup	Dame De Compagnie
	Pertemps Final	Sire De Berlais
	County Handicap Hurdle	Saint Roi

^ From 2005 to 2016 this race was known as the World Hurdle. Before 2005 and after 2016 this race was known as the Stayers Hurdle.

Major wins

Ireland

Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle -(1) Jer's Girl (2016)
Arkle Novice Chase -(2) Bust Out (2003), Kicking King (2004)
Champion Four Year Old Hurdle -(1) Grandouet (2011)
Chanelle Pharma Novice Hurdle -(1) Bleu Et Rouge (2016)
Christmas Hurdle -(2) Sacundai (2003), Emotional Moment (2004)
Dr P. J. Moriarty Novice Chase -(1) Pizzaro (2004)
Drinmore Novice Chase -(2) Alexander Banquet (1999), Le Coudray (2003)
Golden Cygnet Novice Hurdle -(3) Kazal (2007), Roberto Goldback (2009), Coole River (2010)
Hatton's Grace Hurdle -(1) Limestone Lad (2002)
Herald Champion Novice Hurdle -(4) Moscow Flyer (2000), Clopf (2007), Jezki (2013), Don't Touch It (2016)
Irish Daily Mirror Novice Hurdle -(4) Bright Gas (2005), Got Attitude (2008), Rigour Back Bob (2010), Beat That (2014)
Irish Gold Cup -(1) Alexander Banquet (2002)
John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase -(2) Kicking King (2004), In Compliance (2006)
Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final -(2) Shirley Casper (2009), Jer's Girl (2016)
Morgiana Hurdle -(2) Cockney Lad (1997), Back In Front (2003)
Neville Hotels Novice Chase -(1) Pizarro (2003)
Punchestown Champion Chase -(2) Moscow Flyer (2004), Big Zeb (2011)
Punchestown Champion Hurdle -(3) Moscow Flyer (2001), Macs Joy (2006), Punjabi (2008)
Punchestown Gold Cup -(5) Moscow Express (2001), Florida Pearl (2002), Kicking King (2005), China Rock (2012), Carlingford Lough (2016)
Racing Post Novice Chase -(2) Moscow Flyer (2001), Le Coudray (2002)
Royal Bond Novice Hurdle -(1) Moscow Flyer (1999)
Ryanair Gold Cup -(2) Rebel Fitz (2014), Kylemore Lough (2016)
Ryanair Hurdle -(3) Moscow Flyer (2000), Liss A Paoraigh (2002),
Ryanair Novice Chase -(4) Moscow Flyer (2002), Big Zeb (2008), Lucky William (2012), God's Own (2014)
Savills Chase -(1) Bobs Worth (2013)
Slaney Novice Hurdle -(2) Canary Wharf (2002), Kazal (2007)
Spring Juvenile Hurdle -(3) Personal Column (2008), Guitar Pete (2014), A Wave of the Sea (2020)

Great Britain

Aintree Hurdle -(3) Oscar Whisky (2011, 2012), Buveur d'Air (2017)
Arkle Challenge Trophy -(4) Moscow Flyer (2002), Forpadydeplasterer (2009), Sprinter Sacre (2012), Simonsig (2013)
Ascot Chase -(3) Monet's Garden (2010), Riverside Theatre (2011, 2012)
Ballymore Novices' Hurdle -(1) Simonsig (2012)
Betway Bowl -(1) Florida Pearl (2002)
Celebration Chase -(2) Cenkos (2002, 2004)
Challow Novices' Hurdle -(2) Champ (2019)
Champion Bumper -(1) Cork All Star (2007)
Champion Hurdle -(4) Punjabi (2009), Jezki (2014), Buveur d'Air (2018), Epatante (2020)
Cheltenham Gold Cup -(2) Kicking King (2005), Bobs Worth (2013)
Christmas Hurdle -(3) Yanworth (2016), Buveur d'Air (2017), Epatante (2019)
Clarence House Chase -(2) Sprinter Sacre (2013), Defi Du Seuil (2020)
Coral Cup - (3) Sky's The Limit (2006), Spirit River (2010), Dame De Compagnie (2020)
Fighting Fifth Hurdle -(3) Punjabi (2008), Buveur d'Air (2017, 2018)
Henry VIII Novices' Chase -(1) Captain Conan (2012)
JLT Novices' Chase -(1) Defi du Seuil (2019)
King George VI Chase -(2) Kicking King (2004,2005)
Liverpool Hurdle -(2) Iris's Gift (2004), Whisper (2014)
Long Walk Hurdle -(2) Punchestown (2008), Unowhatimeanharry (2016)
Maghull Novices' Chase -(2) Finian's Rainbow (2011), Sprinter Sacre (2012)
Manifesto Novices' Chase -(2) Mad Max (2010), Captain Conan (2013)
Melling Chase -(4) Moscow Flyer (2004, 2005), Finian's Rainbow (2012), Sprinter Sacre (2013)
Mersey Novices' Hurdle -(2) Spirit Son (2011), Simonsig (2012)
Mildmay Novices' Chase -(2) Star de Mohaison (2006), Burton Port (2010)
Queen Mother Champion Chase -(5) Moscow Flyer (2003, 2005), Big Zeb (2010), Finian's Rainbow (2012), Sprinter Sacre (2013)
RSA Insurance Novices' Chase -(4) Star de Mohaison (2006), Bobs Worth (2012), O'Faolain's Boy (2014), Champ (2020)
Ryanair Chase -(1) Riverside Theatre (2012)
Scilly Isles Novices' Chase -(4) Punchestowns (2010), Captain Conan (2013), Oscar Whisky (2014), Defi Du Seuil (2019)
Sefton Novices' Hurdle -(3) Sackville (2000), Iris's Gift (2003), Beat That (2014)
Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle -(1) Bobs Worth (2011)
Stayers' Hurdle -(2) Iris's Gift (2004), More Of That (2014)
Tingle Creek Chase -(4) Moscow Flyer (2003, 2004), Sprinter Sacre (2012), Defi Du Seuil (2019)
Tolworth Hurdle -(3) Minella Class (2011), Captain Conan (2012), L'ami Serge (2015)
Top Novices' Hurdle -(2) General Miller (2010), Josses Hill (2014)
Triumph Hurdle -(5) Spectroscope (2003), Zaynar (2009), Soldatino (2010), Peace And Co (2015), Ivanovich Gorbatov (2016)

Grand National Record

Geraghty rode in every Grand National from 2000 until 2014, winning once and being placed on four other occasions. He missed the 2015 Grand National owing to a hairline fracture in his left tibia.^[11]

Grand National
Year	Mount	Finish
2000	Call It a Day	6th
2001	Hanakham	Fell
2002	Alexander Banquet	Unseated rider
2003	Monty's Pass	1st
2004	Monty's Pass	4th
2005	Monty's Pass	16th
2006	Puntal	6th
2007	Slim Pickings	3rd
2008	Slim Pickings	4th
2009	Golden Flight	Fell
2010	Big Fella Thanks	4th
2011	Or Noir De Somoza	Fell
2012	Shakalakaboomboom	9th
2013	Roberto Goldback	Unseated rider
2014	Triolo D'alene	Pulled up
2016	Shutthefrontdoor	9th
2017	More Of That	Pulled up
2018	Anibale Fly	4th

References

^ Racing Post^{[dead link‍]}
^ "SIRE DU BERLAIS SUCCESS OWED IT ALL TO GERAGHTY AFTER TROUBLED PASSAGE". The Jockey Club (Press release). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ THE GRAND NATIONAL THE IRISH AT AINTREE. The O'Brien Press Ltd. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-84717-074-3.
^ [1] 2003 Grand National result
^ "Cheltenham Festival: Punjabi So Brave For Henderson" Archived 15 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine dailyrecord.co.uk, 11 March 2009, accessed 11 March 2009.
^ Peacock, Tom. "LANDMARK SUCCESS FOR GERAGHTY". Press Association. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
^ Robson, Nick (28 August 2012). "Geraghty:Here's to the next 1,000". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ Burn, James (26 January 2019). "Barry Geraghty becomes fourth most successful rider after Cheltenham victory". Racing Post.
^ "Barry Geraghty: Jockey announces retirement aged 40". BBC Sport. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ Racing Post^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Barry Geraghty to miss Grand National". Irish times. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

External links

McElroy, Damien (11 March 2009). "Geraghty glee as double helps complete full Festival deck". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
"Barry Geraghty". Go Racing. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010.
"Barry Geraghty". Dom McLean Racing. 26 April 2009.
"Barry Geraghty". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.