'It's the race I've been dying to win for I don't know how long' - multiple champion desperate for festival success

Gina Andrews: “I didn’t think getting to ride in the Grand National was ever going to actually happen, because why would I?"

Gina Andrews 'Can't wait' to ride Fairly Famous at Cheltenham next weekCredit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)

Record-breaking rider Gina Andrews is full of hope that Fairly Famous can give her victory in the race she has been "dying to win" at Cheltenham next week.

She is a ten-time ladies' point-to-point champion and has ridden more winners in that sphere than any other woman, passing the 400 mark last December.

But Andrews, 33, has yet to land the St. James's Place Festival Hunters' Chase at the festival, coming closest to taking the "amateurs' Gold Cup" when finishing second on Mid Div And Creep in 2011.

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David CarrReporter

Published on 4 March 2025inCheltenham Festival

Last updated 17:00, 4 March 2025

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