Fulke Walwyn

Fulke Thomas Tyndall Walwyn (1910-1991) was a British jockey and racehorse trainer specialising mainly in National Hunt racing.

As a jockey his most notable victory came as an amateur rider on Reynoldstown in the 1936 Grand National. Forced by injury to retire from riding he became one of the most successful National Hunt trainers of all time. He trained the winners of four Cheltenham Gold Cups, two Champion Hurdles. five King George VI Chases, seven Whitbread Gold Cups, seven Hennessy Cognac Gold Cups and a Grand National, and was British jump racing Champion Trainer five times. He trained 40 winners at the Cheltenham Festival between 1946 and 1986, a record which still stands as of 2008, and he is commemorated in the title of the Fulke Walwyn, Kim Muir Memorial Chase at the Festival. Amongst his notable owners were the Queen Mother and Dorothy Paget. As well as his many National Hunt victories, he trained Dorothy Paget's Aldborough to win the Doncaster Cup and Queen Alexandra Stakes on the Flat.

His cousin, Peter Walwyn, was also a racehorse trainer.

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