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that’s job done. You get messy races like that but he never came out of second gear. He (Russell) said he was so brave the whole way, he was trying to get him to pop. He said going down to the last, I didn’t want to give him a kick going down to it as he could turn upside down, so he said ‘I had to sit and get in close’. He is a very good horse and the one thing he has to be, to be a champion is he has heart. He could have got beat there when he made the mistake but to be a champion you have to have the heart. He has won over 2m4f last year and I’d imagine we’ll find one more race and then the Drinmore, all being well. If he went down and winged the last, he’d have won six or seven lengths on the bridle but he could do no more than what he did. Gordon Elliott, trainer

A steeplechase for four yrs old and upwards that have not won a steeplechase
Weights - 4-y-o 11st 2lb; 5-y-o and up 11st 12lb; Mares allowed 7lb;