Jimmy Uttley won races seven races currently run at the Cheltenham Festival ,all of them over hurdles, between 1967 and 1971. Jimmy’s partnership with the courageous Persian War was his most rewarding delivering victories in four successive years (a Triumph and Three Champion Hurdles).
Here is the Persian War’s last Champion Hurdle win in 1970.
Jimmy shares the distinction (with Barry Geraghty) of having won 3 Triumph Hurdles. His seven Cheltenham Festival winners were :
Year | Race | Horse | Age |
1967 | Triumph | Persian War | 4 |
1968 | Champion Hurdle | Persian War | 5 |
1968 | Triumph | England’s Glory | 4 |
1968 | County | Jolly Signal | 6 |
1969 | Champion Hurdle | Persian War | 6 |
1970 | Champion Hurdle | Persian War | 7 |
1971 | Triumph | Boxer | 4 |