Four minutes of agony. Then ecstasy

AT CHELTENHAM, an awful lot gets condensed into an impossibly short period.

This was clearly illustrated by the range of emotions trainer Colm Murphy experienced in the four minutes or so it took Brave Inca to win the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle yesterday.

There was barely a speck of colour in his normally ruddy complexion as the 'Irish banker' made his way to the start.