| Captain Christy | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Mon Capitaine |
| Grandsire | Wild Risk |
| Dam | Christys Bow |
| Damsire | Bowsprit |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1967 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Owner | Major Joe Pidcock Mrs Jane Samuel |
| Trainer | Major Joe Pidcock Pat Taaffe |
| Major wins | |
| Irish Sweeps Hurdle (1972) Scottish Champion Hurdle (1973) Cheltenham Gold Cup (1974) King George VI Chase (1974, 1975) John Durkan Memorial Chase (1975) Irish Champion Hurdle (1973) Powers Gold Cup (1974) |
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| Horse (Equus ferus caballus) | |
| Last updated on January 10, 2008 | |
Captain Christy (foaled 1967) was an Irish-bred and Irish-trained racehorse, who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup as a novice.
In spite of an alarming tendency to make mistakes, Captain Christy was one of the very best Irish chasers of his era and his 30 lengths demolition of Bula in the 1975 King George VI Chase at Kempton Park was a performance of the highest standard. Gerry Newman rode him in that race, but for most of his other successes his jockey was Bobby Beasley. Throughout his career, Captain Christy was trained by Pat Taaffe, and that victory over Bula was the second time he had beaten the dual Champion Hurdle winner. He had outgalloped him in the 1972 Irish Sweeps Hurdle. But Captain Christy's most important success came in the 1974 Cheltenham Gold Cup, when he beat the previous year's winner The Dikler. He also went beyond the British Isles and other valiant efforts saw him finish runner-up in the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris and fourth in the Colonial Cup in the USA.