Best Mate: the trophy for the Independent Novices' Chase at Cheltenham 12th November 2000, in the form of a bronze racehorse & jockey group by David G

Best Mate: the trophy for the Independent Novices' Chase at Cheltenham 12th November 2000, in the form of a bronze racehorse & jockey group by David Geenty, mounted on a wooden plinth set with race title plaque, overall 32 by 35cm., 12 1/2 by 13 3/4in. At odds of 8-13 and ridden by Jim Culloty, Best Mate won this Grade Two race by 18 lengths from Fatehalkhair. It was the gelding's second run over fences and his only career win at the bare minimum National Hunt trip of 2 miles.