Desert Orchid was not entered in the Cheltenham Gold Cup that season as connections believed the race wouldn’t suit, and he instead contested the Queen Mother Champion Chase, in which he ...

Legendary racehorse Desert Orchid has died at the age of 27 ... He won 34 races in total, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup and seven at his beloved Kempton, where he won the King George VI Chase a ...

The first running of this two-mile Grade 2 chase was in 2006 and was introduced to the racing calendar to remember the great Desert Orchid ... the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival three ...

As my partner David drove me from our home in Lambourn to Newmarket, Desert Orchid, Gold Cup and King ... already trained a couple of winners at the Cheltenham Festival. I was 17, living away ...

“I was chugging along towards Cheltenham at a point where a dual ... won by the Elsworth-trained Desert Orchid. At the time, Elsworth was in his pomp. As a dual-purpose trainer, Britain has ...

Desert Orchid, renowned for his courage and breathtaking jumping, won the 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup and 34 races in total, including four victories in Kempton's renowned King George VI steeplechase.

Below, racing writer of the year Lee Mottershead nominates Desert Orchid's 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup triumph. The winner will be announced at racingpost.com at 6pm on Saturday, July 23. The people have ...

Martin Pipe and David Nicholson are remembered for their training feats, and will join Gold Cup heroes Best Mate and Desert Orchid. Cheltenham managing director Edward Gillespie said: "We felt the ...

Darragh O'Keeffe will ride Gentlemansgame in the Cheltenham showpiece. The only grey winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup was Desert Orchid in 1989.

Desert Orchid, one of the most successful steeplechasers ... as ‘Dessie’, he won 34 races in total, including the 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup and seven at his beloved Kempton Park, where four ...