Ruby Walsh: Gold Cup hopeful is being asked a big question

GOLD CUP: Today it’s the turn of Gerri Colombe. If he can get the better of Envoi Allen, Minella Indo and Conflated, all of whom have the benefit of fitness over him, then, for my money, he is a Gold Cup horse. Pic: Healy Racing.

Winners, losers, the obvious happening just as much as the unexpected, and questions and thoughts being raised for the weeks ahead - the last seven days have had it all, and the next seven won’t lack the same intrigue.

Is Gentlesmangame a Gold Cup horse, or did Bravemansgame just get tired and go under to a fitter rival last Saturday? I don’t know. Is Iroko a new star in British racing? He looked every bit of it at Warwick last Tuesday, but I also know he has a long way to go.