O’Leary’s downscale of his Gigginstown Stud team means he is an increasingly infrequent racegoer and on Wednesday he described his primary racecourse role these days as “child-minding.” He also said he expects to have just a handful of horses in training in the coming years.
It was the highlight of a 100-1 hat-trick for Kennedy and trainer Gordon Elliott who’d earlier landed a pair of handicaps, including with Maxxum who turned the Pertemps Hurdle into a 16-length rout. Elliott will first target an Irish Gold Cup defence but stressed: “There was a lot of talk last season about which race he would go for in Cheltenham but he’ll definitely be going for the Gold Cup this year.”
Victory for the De Bromhead trained Bob Olinger would have been apt and he was backed down to 7-4 favourite. Once again though Bob Olinger flattered to deceive in fifth behind Home By The Lee. Things haven’t gone badly for O’Brien on the track either this week with Home By The Lee securing him another Grade 1.
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