Well deserved major win for one of racing’s nice guys

THERE could hardly have been a more popular winner of Sunday’s Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown than Joncol.

Such a comment mostly centres on the fact he is trained by Paul Nolan, who always seems to be upbeat and in rather good form.

Nolan is regarded in the press-room as being in the Dermot Weld league when it comes to post-race interviews.