Grand National Great: Timeform celebrate Golden Miller

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Grand National Great: Timeform celebrate Golden Miller

Golden Miller won the Cheltenham Gold Cup a record-breaking five times. He is the only horse to complete the Gold-Cup-Grand National double in the same season. Golden Miller broke the course record in 1934. His jumping didn't hold up in his other National appearances. Gerry Wilson was unseated at the open-ditch eleventh after an awkward upright leap by GoldenMiller. The jockey vehemently denied the claim. The owner blamed the trainer for overtraining the gelding. In 1937 Gerry was sacked and lost the ride. It was inconclusive.

Basil Briscoe was a trainer who won the Grand National with Insurance in the early-1930s. Golden Miller won his first three Cheltenham Gold Cups under Briscoe's care. Brincoe was forced to give up training when declared bankrupt in 1940.

Gerry Wilson took over the ride on Golden Miller for the 1933/4 season. He was the leading jumps jockey of the era, winning the championship no less than seven times.

Dorothy Paget won 1,532 races before she died in 1960. She was reclusive and eccentric, but her legend was built on stories about her unusual behaviour.


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