# Cottage Rake

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Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (1939–1961)

Cottage Rake Sire Cottage Grandsire Tracery Dam Hartingo Damsire Hartford Sex Gelding Foaled 1939 (1939) Died 1961(1961-00-00) (aged 21–22) Country Ireland Colour Bay Breeder Richard Vaughan Owner Frank Vickerman Trainer Vincent O'Brien Major wins Irish Cesarewitch (1947) Cheltenham Gold Cup (1948, 1949, 1950) King George VI Chase (1948) Last updated on 21 August 2024

**Cottage Rake** (1939–1961) was an Irish-bred, top-class [National Hunt](/source/National_Hunt_racing) [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing). His breeder was Richard Vaughan from Hunting Hall, Castletown Roche, [County Cork](/source/County_Cork), [Ireland](/source/Ireland). Before he embarked on his jumping career, the horse was failed by a [vet](/source/Veterinary_surgeon) on three different examinations. On the last of these, the vet was overheard by young trainer [Vincent O'Brien](/source/Vincent_O'Brien) saying that the horse's wind infirmity would not interfere with his racing performance. O'Brien contacted wool merchant Frank Vickerman, who bought the horse to be trained by O'Brien.[1] Cottage Rake ultimately set his trainer on the route to the top of the training ladder by becoming only the second horse to win the [Cheltenham Gold Cup](/source/Cheltenham_Gold_Cup) three years in a row. He achieved this hat-trick from 1948 to 1950, beating Finnure by ten lengths in the last of these races. His hardest-won triumph had come the previous year when he only got the better of Cool Customer in the final 100 yards. Such was his partnership with jockey Aubrey Brabazon that a verse was composed about their success. Cottage Rake lost his form after his third Cheltenham Gold Cup triumph. He moved over to [Gerald Balding](/source/Gerald_Barnard_Balding%2C_Sr.)'s stable in [England](/source/England), but the change of scenery did not resurrect his success.

## See also

- [Repeat winners of horse races](/source/Repeat_winners_of_horse_races)

## References

- The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing - written by Bill Mooney and George Ennor

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** McKenna, P. G. (January 2015). ["Vincent O'Brien Biography"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301342731) – via researchgate.net.

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