War the real hero in Guinness drama

WHERE to start? Yesterday’s Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown certainly threw up more than it’s share of talking points.

Victory went to Philip Hobbs’ Planet Of Sound, a 14-1 shot, but that was almost a sidebar to other factors in the contest.

The veteran and Cheltenham Gold Cup winner of 2006, War Of Attrition, emerged as the real hero of the race with a stunning display of courage and tenacity to fill second place.