#Charlie Swan

Tommy Lyons ranks the country's greatest horsemen from the past 50 years. A star from the outset, Walsh served notice of what was to come by winning the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham aboard Alexander Banquet, and winning the Aintree Grand National at the first attempt. He showed his outstanding natural ability and adaptability by being able to ride…

Constitution Hill: big step up on his first run outside novice company Constitution Hill's stunning win in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle had many calling him the best-ever two-mile hurdler and propelled him into the ranks of the greatest based on Racing Post Ratings, which started in 1988. Here is the kind of company he's keeping…

JP McManus's latest big-money purchase hasn't even set foot in his new yard yet but is already heading the market for a race at the Cheltenham Festival. A winner of five of his six cross-county starts in France, Prengarde is set to join Irish trainer Enda Bolger - widely known as the'Cross Country King'. The six-year-old's talent in discipline…