About: dbpedia:Pat_Taaffe   Goto Sponge  NotDistinct  Permalink

An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : platform.yourdatastories.eu:8890 associated with source document(s)

Patrick "Pat" Taaffe (1930, Dublin - 7 July 1992, Dublin) was a National Hunt jockey who famously rode Arkle to win three Cheltenham Gold Cups between 1964 and 1966.Arkle and Taaffe, the pair who dominated National Hunt racing in the mid-sixties, won the Irish Grand National, the King George VI chase, 2 Hennessy Gold Cups, 3 Cheltenham Gold Cups and the Whitbread Cup.Taaffe was also a capable winner without the help of Arkle, he also won a fourth Gold Cup, 2 Grand Nationals and recorded 6 Irish Nationals (1954 Royal Approach, 1955 Umm, 1959 Zonda, 1961 Fortria, 1964 Arkle, 1966 Flyingbolt) .Pat Taaffe also won the 1970 Grand National in Aintree, Liverpool on the Fred Rimell trained 15-1 shot, Gay Trip, 20 lengths clear of his nearest pursuer.After retiring as a jockey Taaffe went on to train Captain Christy, 1974 Gold Cup winner, who was one of the only horses to be compared with Arkle.

AttributesValues
rdfs:comment
  • Patrick "Pat" Taaffe (1930, Dublin - 7 July 1992, Dublin) was a National Hunt jockey who famously rode Arkle to win three Cheltenham Gold Cups between 1964 and 1966.Arkle and Taaffe, the pair who dominated National Hunt racing in the mid-sixties, won the Irish Grand National, the King George VI chase, 2 Hennessy Gold Cups, 3 Cheltenham Gold Cups and the Whitbread Cup.Taaffe was also a capable winner without the help of Arkle, he also won a fourth Gold Cup, 2 Grand Nationals and recorded 6 Irish Nationals (1954 Royal Approach, 1955 Umm, 1959 Zonda, 1961 Fortria, 1964 Arkle, 1966 Flyingbolt) .Pat Taaffe also won the 1970 Grand National in Aintree, Liverpool on the Fred Rimell trained 15-1 shot, Gay Trip, 20 lengths clear of his nearest pursuer.After retiring as a jockey Taaffe went on to train Captain Christy, 1974 Gold Cup winner, who was one of the only horses to be compared with Arkle.
is trainer of
Faceted Search & Find service v1.13.91 as of Nov 14 2017


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:       RDF       ODATA       Microdata      About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data]
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3212 as of Mar 29 2016, on Linux (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu), Single-Server Edition (68 GB total memory)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2026 OpenLink Software