Barry Geraghty is a celebrated jockey of Irish descent. The 1979-born sporting sensation was the leading jockey at the 2011 Grand National Meeting, and also had success at the Cheltenham Festival the same year. Geraghty’s rise to racing fame happened over a relatively short three year period.
Geraghty surprised many when he ably steered his way to a first-ever career win in 1997. Within the next three years, he was declared the Irish Champion jump jockey. Most successful jockeys don’t attain their reputation for winning in double quick fashion, and so certainly his success stands out in that regard.
Geraghty built his reputation yet further by attaining his maiden English win in 1998 after a breathtakingly record-setting performance at the Midlands Grand National. Steering Miss Orchestra, Geraghty’s triumph at Uttoxeter greatly delighted the horse’s trainer Jessica Harrington.
In 2002, Geraghty pulled off a thrilling Cheltenham performance aboard Moscow Flyer, another of Jessica Harrington’s horses. As such, it could be argued that he owes much of his enduring racing glory and popularity to his evidently fruitful Jessica-Geraghty training partnership.
By August 2013, Barry Geraghty had already earned more than 1,000 noteworthy career wins, shortly after a treble at Cork Racecourse in Ireland. Included in this golden sporting profile are achievements such as the Champion Hurdle(2009), the Arkle Challenge Trophy(2009), four Cheltenham wins, a total of five Champion Chase victories and many more besides.
