In so doing, he also became a winner for all three members of the Dickinson family as Tony, Michael and Monica all trained him in their turn, and he became the 12th horse in jumping history to pass the £100,000 earnings mark.
Badsworth Boy was sold as a yearling for 2,800 guineas and entered training with Snowy Wainwright.
As a two-year-old in 1977, the colt ran eight times, winning minor events at Beverley Racecourse in June and July.
In the first of his three Champion Chase triumphs, Badsworth Boy won by a distance from Artifice, with his stablemate and favourite Rathgorman - the 1982 winner - well behind.
In 1984, he had ten lengths to spare over Little Bay, and in his final success, he finished the same distance in front of Far Bridge.