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January 4, 2018
Charlie Swan was Ireland’s champion jump jockey for nine consecutive seasons and he has ridden more National Hunt winners in Ireland than any other jockey in history. He holds the Irish records for both the most winners in a season and the most in a calendar year.
He has twice been leading jockey at the Cheltenham Festival and has a string of big-race victories to his credit including three Champion Hurdles, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the Irish Grand National, two Whitbread Gold Cups and four Irish Champion Hurdles.
Cheltenham Victories
| Supreme Novices Hurdle | 1993 Montelado 2002 Like-a-Butterfly |
| Pertemps Final | 1993 Fissure Seal |
| Triumph Hurdle | 1993 Shawiya 2002 Scolardy |
| Stayers Hurdle | 1990 Trapper John 1993 Shuil Ar Aghaidh |
| Royal & Sun Alliance Hurdle | 1994 Danoli 1996 Urubande 1997 Istabraq |
| Coral Cup | 1994 Time For A Run |
| Champion Bumper | 1994 Mucklemeg 2000 Joe Cullen |
| Queen Mother | 1995 Viking Flagship |
| Champion Hurdle | 1998 Istabraq 1999 Istabraq 2000 Istabraq |
1998 Champion Hurdle
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