| Owner: Jim Lewis Breeder: Jacques Van't Hart Winnings: 22 Starts: 14 - 7 - 0, £885,112
Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1) three times, King George VI Chase (Grade 1), Haldon Gold Cup Chase (Grade 2),Scilly Isles Novices' Chase (Grade 2), November Novices' Steeple Chase (Grade 2), Mersey Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2)
Trainer: Henrietta Knight
Assistant Trainer: Terry Biddlecombe
Jockey: Jim Culloty,
Best Mate died of a heart attack (brought on by internal bleeding) on Nov. 1, 2005, after pulling up in Haldon GC Chase at Exeter. RIP, Champ. The Best Steeplechaser of a generation and will be sorely missed. His ashes were buried at the finish line at Cheltenham on December 10, 2005.
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