Fulke Walwyn

From Ffaith

Often cited as the greatest ever trainer of steeplechasers[1], Fulke Walwyn stormed to fame when he won the Grand National on Reynoldstown as an amateur rider in 1936. He turned to training after a life-threatening fall in 1938 in which he fractured his skull. Over the next 51 years Fulke became a legend of the turf, training 2,188 winners and capturing every important jumping race title in the calendar including four Cheltenham Gold Cup winners, two Champion Hurdles, five King George VI Stakes, seven Hennessy Gold Cups and seven Whitbread Gold Cups. He was leading trainer five times and guided Team Spirit to a Grand National success in 1964 - 28 years after his own triumph as a jockey.

He is a member of the Welsh Sporting Hall of Fame.