Mate´s Final Resting Place Named Best Mate´s ashes will be laid to rest behind the winning post at Cheltenham prior to racing there on Saturday week. There will be a brief ceremony on the course at 11am to commemorate Henrietta Knight´s star chaser, who died after collapsing at Exeter on November 1. Best Mate, winner of the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2004, was the first triple winner of chasing´s blue riband since the mighty Arkle in the 1960s. In addition, he won his first race in Britain, a bumper, at Cheltenham in November, 1999, and was also successful in a novice chase at the course the following year. Best Mate´s owner Jim Lewis said: 'Best Mate became the `people´s champion´. They loved him and he loved them. 'He will be at rest at the scene of his greatest triumphs.'(C) PA Sport
