O’Dwyer’s great strength is that he makes everything look so simple

THE Gold Cup was a magnificent spectacle with a great young horse in War Of Attrition being ridden to perfection by a fantastic old soldier in Conor O’Dwyer. And we had an Irish 1-2-3. Happy days.

I couldn’t be happier for Conor. I remember the first time he won the Champion Hurdle on Hardy Eustace, people were asking him whether it was the right time to retire. He was having not a bit of it and yesterday’s ride just goes to prove him right.

He’s an amazing man and a master horseman. He always manages to get round in one piece and I think in all his career he’s only broken his collar bone once, he just never gets injured. He’s probably been around for as long as he has because he just makes everything look so simple. Horses just jump great for him and War Of Attrition never put a foot wrong for him yesterday.