Don Cossack top chaser with mark of 175

Don Cossack has been announced as the highest-rated jumps horse of the 2014/15 season in the Anglo-Irish Jump Classification on a mark of 175.

Gordon Elliott’s chaser crowned a tremendous campaign by winning both the Melling Chase at Aintree and the Punchestown Gold Cup, resulting in him being named champion in both the three-mile-plus and the two-and-a-half-mile chasing divisions.

His rating puts him level with the likes of three-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate in the pantheon of great chasers since the commencement of the classifications.