On His Own can strike Gold this time

On His Own, discarded by Ruby Walsh, gets the vote to land a wide-open Grade 1 Bibby Financial Ireland Gold Cup this evening.

The ten-year-old is currently in the form of his life and will arrive on the back of a tremendous effort in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

He was due to be partnered by Walsh on that occasion, but fate intervened, with the pilot missing the rest of the meeting after taking a crashing fall off Abbyssial in the opening Triumph Hurdle.