Facile Vega, Captain Guinness, and Bob Olinger all came to the fore last Saturday at Navan, where Gordon Elliott dominated another weekend on home soil. More power to him, is how I see it. He started at the bottom, worked his way to the top, knocked himself off his pedestal, and climbed back on. ‘Poor me’ doesn't seem to be in his vocabulary, and a business brain driven by the hunger for success is reaping the rewards.
And yet, there seems to be more anger than delight at his success, not just his but that of the elite band of trainers sitting at the top of the Irish training ranks.
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