Irish follow Inca trail to festival glory

EVEN matches made in heaven sometimes have to go through hell to prove their partnership.

Irish follow Inca trail to festival glory
Wed, 15 Mar, 2006 - 00:00
Caroline O’Doherty

Brave Inca and Tony McCoy won the big race the hard way but it was a victory that went down very well with the elated Irish at Cheltenham.

The crowd whooped, McCoy grinned and trainer Colm Murphy conferred mythically proportioned strengths on horse and man.

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