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Barry Geraghty (born 16 September 1979 in Pelletstown, County Meath, Ireland) is an Irish jockey. He was the leading rider at the Cheltenham Festival and 2011 Grand National Meeting. Geraghty rode his first winner in January 1997 and three years later he became the Irish Champion jump jockey for the first time. 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.〔() 2003 Grand National result〕 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 2003-4 season he became Champion Irish jump jockey for the second time and won the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham on the JJ 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〔("Cheltenham Festival: Punjabi So Brave For Henderson" ) dailyrecord.co.uk, 11 March 2009, accessed 11 March 2009.〕 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 the 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.〔http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=racing/09/11/02/RACING_Kempton_Geraghty.html〕 He won his fourth Champion Chase at the 2012 Cheltenham festival on Finians Rainbow. He has had at least one winner at each Cheltenham festival since his first victory in 2002. On 28 August 2012 he recorded his 1,000th Irish winner after a treble at Cork Racecourse. ==Cheltenham Festival Winners (33) == 2002: Arkle Challenge Trophy : Moscow Flyer 2003: William Hill Trophy: Youlneverwalkalone 2003: Pertemps Final :Inching Closer 2003: Queen Mother Champion Chase : Moscow Flyer 2003: Triumph Hurdle: Spectroscope 2003: 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 2009: Champion Hurdle: Punjabi 2009: Triumph Hurdle : Zaynar 2010: Queen Mother Champion Chase : Big Zeb 2010: Coral Cup: Spirit River 2010: Triumph Hurdle : Soldatino 2011: Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle : Bobs Worth 2012: Arkle Challenge Trophy : Sprinter Sacre 2012: Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle : Simonsig 2012: RSA Chase : Bobs Worth 2012: Queen Mother Champion Chase : Finian's Rainbow 2012: Ryanair Chase : Riverside Theatre 2013: Arkle Challenge Trophy : Simonsig 2013: Queen Mother Champion Chase : Sprinter Sacre 2013: Cheltenham Gold Cup : Bobs Worth 2014: Champion Hurdle:Jezki 2014: RSA Chase : O'Faolians Boy 2014: World Hurdle : More of that 2015: Ultima Business Solutions Handicap Chase : The Druids Nephew 2015: Triumph Hurdle : Peace and Co Nb Stayers Hurdle became World Hurdle in 2005. It is the same race just under a different title. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barry Geraghty」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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