A never-to-be-forgotten week

Another Cheltenham is behind us and what a week it was. With three winners yesterday, the Irish record was smashed as the final tally came to 13, which is tremendous for the sport in Ireland and is a ti mely reminder at a time when negotiations are ongoing with regard to funding.

The funny thing is that going over, you would have said that we didn’t have a very strong hand. But in that record total, we won two of the championship races, a number of the top novice events and a few handicaps as well. Going home we know that there’s plenty of depth here. Throw into the mix that Ruby Walsh was leading jockey, Willie Mullins leading trainer and Michael O’Leary leading owner and it was a never-to-be-forgotten week to be Irish in Gloucester.

My highlight and lowlight came within 40 minutes of each other on Wednesday but Oscars Well ran a brilliant race and was just terribly unlucky, while Bostons Angel was so good when winning the RSA Chase.