Garrison Savannah (horse) Garrison Savannah (horse) Garrison Savannah (1983 - 2005) was a Thoroughbred racehorse. He won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1991 by a short-head from The Fellow with Desert Orchid back in third place. In the same year, he came second in the Aintree Grand National. He won the previous year's Royal & SunAlliance Chase. He had only one race between his two Cheltenham Festival wins. In that race he came second to Celtic Shot in the Tommy Whittle Chase. His Gold Cup win is rather unusual in that he beat two former champions in Desert Orchid (third) and Norton's Coin
Imperial Commander (horse) Imperial Commander (horse) Imperial Commander (29 March 2001 – 6 April 2017) was a Cheltenham Gold Cup winning thoroughbred racehorse. Imperial Commander's first race was at Summerhill point-to-point in Ireland on 24 April 2005, a race he won by 8 lengths. His next racecourse appearance and first under rules was a National Hunt flat race at Cheltenham on 25 October 2006. This too he won, and already he was being described as a 'future chaser on looks' by the Racing Post. He garnered one victory over hurdles, a £2000 race at Newcastle in January 2007, but failed to win at