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Don Cossack (foaled 21 March March 2007) is a German-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who competes in National Hunt racing. Since his second race the gelding has been owned by the Gigginstown House Stud and trained in County Meath by Gordon Elliott. He has been ridden by many leading jockeys including Nina Carberry, Davy Russell, Bryan Cooper, Barry Geraghty, A. P. McCoy and Paul Carberry. Don Cossack showed promise in his early career, winning three National Hunt Flat races and a novice hurdle before being switched to steeplechasing in the autumn of 2013. In his first season over fences he won two races including the Drinmore Novice Chase and finished second in three other major novice events. In the 2014/2015 National Hunt season he established himself as one of the best chasers in training by winning six of his seven races. He won the Daily Star Chase, Powers Irish Whiskey Chase, Punchestown Chase and Kinloch Brae Chase in Ireland before sustaining his only defeat of the season in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham. He produced his best form in spring by winning the Melling Chase and the Punchestown Gold Cup and ended the season as the highest-rated National Hunt performer in Britain and Ireland. ==Background== Don Cossack is a brown gelding with a white blaze bred in Germany by the Gestűt Etzean. He was sired by Sholokhov, who won the Gran Criterium in 2001 and finished second in both the Irish Derby and the Eclipse Stakes in the following year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sholokhov - Record By Race Type )〕 His other major winners have included the German Horse of the Year Night Magic and the leading French hurdler Esmondo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sholokhov - Stud Record )〕 Don Cossack's dam Depeche Toi was a German mare who finished seventh in the 1994 Preis der Diana.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Depeche Toi - Record By Race Type )〕 She was a granddaughter of the 1972 Preis der Diana winner Diu, whose other descendants have included Animal Kingdom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sunshine - Family 1-h )〕 Don Cossack was sent to Ireland where he entered the ownership of W B Connors and was sent into training with Edward Hales at Dundrum, County Tipperary. After his first race he was bought by Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud and transferred to the stable of Gordon Elliott at Longwood, County Meath. 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「Don Cossack (horse)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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