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The famous five who helped Richard Johnson make Cheltenham Festival magic

Gold Cup aces Native River and Richard Johnson will have the big Cheltenham test as their ultimate aim again in 2019
Richard Johnson gives Native River a grateful embrace after their Gold Cup triumphCredit: Michael Steele (Getty Images)

Among the more than 3,500 races Richard Johnson has won in his glorious career, 23 of them have been secured at the Cheltenham Festival. Ask him and he can tell you all about them. They are etched in his memory.

From Anzum to Native River with many more in between, the three-time champion jockey has been a fixture and fitting at jumping's greatest meeting, where his five most important victories have been achieved on horses blessed with the same indefatigable will to win that has become his own hallmark.

Here, in his own words, he recalls those magic moments.
Lee Mottershead

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