Barry Geraghty Net Worth 2023, Age, Wife, Children, Height, Family, Parents, Salary

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Introduction

Barry Geraghty is a retired Irish jockey. He is the second most successful jockey of all time at the Cheltenham Festival. He rode his first winner in January 1997 and three years later he became the Irish Champion jump jockey for the first time.

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Geraghty’s first win in England was the 1998 Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter on Miss Orchestra for trainer Jessica Harrington. He rode his first Cheltenham winner on the Jessica Harrington-trained Moscow Flyer in the 2002 Arkle Chase.

Life & Career

Name	Barry Geraghty
Net Worth	$5 million
Occupation	Jockey
Age	43 years
Height	1.75m

Barry Geraghty net worth

Barry Geraghty was born on September 16, 1979 (age 43 years) in Pelletstown, County Meath, Ireland. He won the Grand National in 2003 on Monty’s Pass. Also that year he won five races at the Cheltenham Festival, including the Queen Mother Champion Chase on Moscow Flyer and was voted Irish sports personality of the year.

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In the 2003–04 season Pelletstown, Barry Geraghty became Champion Irish jump jockey for the second time and won the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham on the Jonjo O’Neill-trained Iris’s Gift.

Geraghty and Moscow Flyer won their second Champion Chases at the 2005 Cheltenham Festival, and Barry also won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Kicking King for trainer Tom Taaffe at that meeting. Following the retirement of Mick Fitzgerald, he became the first jockey in the Nicky Henderson stable in 2008.

In 2009 he won the Champion Hurdle on Punjabi, the Arkle Challenge Trophy on Forpadydeplasterer and Triumph Hurdle on Zaynar. In winning the Champion Hurdle he became the first jockey to have won the big four r aces at Cheltenham (Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers Hurdle, Gold Cup) and The English Grand National.

On 2 November 2009, he rode his 1000th winner under National Hunt Rules in UK and Ireland when the Nicky Henderson-trained Duc De Regniere won at Kempton. He won his fifth Champion Chase at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival on Sprinter Sacre.

Barry Geraghty has had at least one winner at each Cheltenham festival since his first victory in 2002 except for the 2017 Cheltenham festival. At the 2020 Cheltenham Festival, he had five wins for owner JP McManus. This included a record-equalling fourth in the Champion Hurdle.

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On 28 August 2012, he recorded his 1,000th Irish winner after a treble at Cork Racecourse. On 26 January 2019, he rode his 1,875th winner in Britain and Ireland, moving him up to fourth on the all-time winner’s list. In July 2020, Geraghty announced his retirement. At retirement, he was the fourth most successful British and Irish jump jockey with 1920 winners. Prior to his retirement, he had 43 Cheltenham Festival winners.

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Wife

Barry Geraghty is a married man. He is married to his wife Paula Geraghty and together they have children.