Winning trainer Nicky Henderson declared that “good things come in little parcels” after seeing one of his smallest horses take one of the biggest races of the season so far at Cheltenham.
Iris Royal, less than 16 hands high, showed admirable courage to withstand the late challenge of Risk Accessor in the £100,000 (€140,000) Tripleprint Gold Cup.
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