Which amateur jockey rode the winner of the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup and the runner-up in the 2011 Grand National?
2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup six-year-old to win the race since Mill House in 1963. Further details of the winner, Long Run: 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup The 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday March 18, 2011. It was the 83rd running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Long Run who beat three previous winners of the Gold Cup in Kauto Star, Denman and defending champion Imperial Commander. Long Run was ridden by Mr Sam Waley-Cohen and trained by Nicky Henderson. Waley-Cohen became the first amateur jockey to win the
Paddy Brennan (jockey) UK stable in 2000. In the 2004/05 season he became champion conditional jockey. In the 2007/08 season he rode more than a century of winners in a season for the first time. On 19 March 2010 he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Imperial Commander. In the 2015 Grand National he rode Saint Are. He came second behind Many Clouds. On 16 November 2016 he rode his 1,000th winner on Colin's Sister at Warwick. Paddy Brennan (jockey) Paddy Brennan (born 13 April 1981) is an Irish jockey who won the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Imperial Commander. He rode his