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.

Don Cossack top chaser with mark of 175
Wed, 20 May, 2015 - 01:00
Colin Wilson

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.

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CourtsRacingDon CossackAnglo-Irish Jump ClassificationGordon ElliottPlace: AintreePlace: Prestbury ParkPlace: CurraghPlace: NewmarketPlace: Cape Clear IslandPlace: Highland ReelPerson: Don CossackPerson: Gordon ElliottPerson: Mark BradstockPerson: VautourPerson: CheltenhamPerson: Un De SceauxPerson: SacrePerson: ConeygreePerson: FaugheenPerson: JezkiPerson: DouvanPerson: Nichols CanyonPerson: Phil SmithPerson: DjakadamPerson: Don PoliPerson: MarcPerson: Richard HannonPerson: EstidhkaarPerson: HannonPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: Sir Isaac NewtonPerson: The WarriorPerson: War EnvoyPerson: Willie McCreeryPerson: GodolphinPerson: Dermot WeldPerson: Kissed By AngelsPerson: McCreeryEvent: Melling ChaseEvent: Punchestown Gold CupEvent: Gold CupEvent: Cheltenham Gold CupEvent: Champagne StakesOrganisation: AintreeOrganisation: British Horseracing AuthorityOrganisation: Turf ClubOrganisation: BHAOrganisation: GleneaglesOrganisation: Lexington TimesOrganisation: Devonshire
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