Barry Gerahty Signed 8x12 Horse Racing Photo

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Barry Geraghty Irish jockey. He is the Horse Racing Ireland National Hunt Ambassador for 2010/11 Go Racing.

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Barry Geraghty (born 16 September 1979 in Pelletstown, County Meath, Ireland) is an Irish jockey. He was the leading rider at the Cheltenham Festival and 2011 Grand National Meeting. Geraghty rode his first winner in January 1997 and three years later he became the Irish Champion jump jockey for the first time. He rode his first Cheltenham winner on the Jessica Harrington trained Moscow Flyer in the 2002 Arkle Chase.He won the Grand National in 2003 on Monty's Pass. Also that year he won five races at the Cheltenham Festival, including the Queen Mother Champion Chase on Moscow Flyer and was voted Irish sports personality of the year. In the 2003-4 season he became Champion Irish jump jockey for the second time and won the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham on the JJ O' Neill trained Iris's Gift.Geraghty and Moscow Flyer won their second Champion Chases at the 2005 Cheltenham Festival, and Barry also won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Kicking King for trainer Tom Taaffe at that meeting. Following the retirement of Mick Fitzgerald he became first jockey to the Nicky Henderson stable in 2008.