Armytage remains the last amateur rider to win the race.

This gives amateur riders the chance to jump these famous fences before the professionals.

He was an amateur rider who lived in Yorkshire, and he'd had to come a long way.

It was all designed with no regard for an amateur rider's weight.

His humiliation of the professionals led to amateur riders being barred for many years.

He was considered a leading amateur rider in the 1920s.

An amateur rider, who is taken in by a professional team during the season.

However, in the past there were separate events for amateur riders, mainly from Eastern bloc countries.

Until 1995, there were separate races for male professional and amateur riders.

From 1936 to 1939 the race opened to independent amateur riders.