SIX jockeys have partnered the winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Aintree Grand National in the same year, Tommy Cullinan, Gerry Wilson, Fred Winter, Tommy Carberry, John Burke and Jim Culloty.

Only one of the sextet, Clare-native Cullinan, holds the distinction of winning England’s two most prestigious chases and also the Champion Hurdle in the one year, achieving the triple crown feat in 1930.