With those mistakes, it was a lost cause

GLANCING back at the week at Cheltenham, you would have to accept there were two very big disappointments for me, Kauto Star in the Gold Cup yesterday and Master Minded in the Champion Chase.

What can I say about Kauto Star? He made the most horrendous mistake at the eighth and we had no chance after that.

You cannot make an error as bad as that and hope to get away with it, in a race as competitive as a Gold Cup. I tried everything to try to hold onto their coat-tails, but it was an uphill battle and there was no way back, even before Kauto fell four out.