Inside Gordon Elliott’s life and net worth as top racehorse trainer targets Cheltenham Festival dominance

GORDON ELLIOTT will be looking to rake in the winners at this year’s Cheltenham Festival.

The decorated racehorse trainer has entered 81 runners into races across the four days of the Festival.

Gordon Elliott will be looking to rake in the winners at this year’s Cheltenham Festival.

Elliott, far right, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Don Cossack in 2016

The Meath man will be keen to improve on his form from last year’s Festival, at which he saw two wins, although six runners-up suggested there was plenty to build on

Both of those wins came on day one, with Commander of Fleet winning the Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle and Delta Work taking the Glenfarclas Chase.

The latter will have the chance to retain that crown on Wednesday.

Here, SunSport takes a closer look at his career in totality:

What age is Gordon Elliott and where is he from?

Elliott is from Meath and was born on March 2, 1978.

He is 45.

What is his net worth?

It is not entirely clear what Elliott’s exact worth is.

However, with the help of Racing Post’s in depth database and a trusty calculator, he is estimated to have raked in €35,762,670 since 2007.

His biggest career win to-date came in April 2019, when Tiger Rolls’ winning of the Grand National bagged him €500,000.

He’s not been afraid of reinvesting that money, having spent €1 MILLION on seven horses last December.

What are his top horses at Cheltenham?

Gordon Elliott is certainly covering his bases when it comes to this year’s Festival.

Eighty-one runners across all four days, including 11 on Day One alone.

Amongst those is Conflated in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, while Delta Work will be out to retain the Glenfarclas Chase.

Mighty Potter and Teahupoo are well placed to perform well in the Turners Novices Chase and Stayers Hurdle, respectively.

There will also be some interest in how Zanahiyr gets on in the Unibet Champion Hurdle.

The six-year-old was retroactively disqualified from last year’s Champion Hurdle following a failed drugs test.

What is his history at Cheltenham?

Despite being only 45, Elliott is already one of the most distinguished trainers in Cheltenham history.

He has 34 winners, more than just five of his contemporaries. Amongst those was the 2016 Gold Cup with Don Cossack,

Add in two Champion Bumpers (Fayonagh in 2017; Envoi Allen in 2019) and being a two-time leading trainer at the Festival, and his CV is already packed.

Last year’s edition represented his return from a year-long suspension after being controversially photographed sat on a dead horse.

And while his return of just two winners and six runners-up was not great return, he will be well-placed to bounced back this week.