Joseph O’Brien’s Ivanovich Gorbatov bids to book Cheltenham place
Although officially trained by the two-time champion Flat jockey’s father, Aidan, the master of Ballydoyle was keen to pass credit to his son after the four-year-old made a most impressive start to his jumping career at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting.
He is already the hot favourite for next month’s juvenile championship at Prestbury Park and is odds-on to see off seven rivals when he steps up to Grade One level for the Spring Juvenile Hurdle.
