Jessica Harrington: ‘If we can keep Sizing John sound and on the right path, he’ll win again’

Sizing John was Moone, Co Kildare trainer Jessica Harrington’s first runner in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and last week he duly landed the biggest prize of the jumping calendar, writes Joe Finnegan.

You sent over just a handful of runners to Cheltenham, and three returned winners. That is a pretty amazing return, by anyone’s standards. Were you confident, or hopeful, heading to the festival?

Every horse I sent over, I thought had a chance of at least finishing in the money. And, sure enough, all were bang there, and in contention, coming up the hill. To have three winners was far beyond my expectations.