'This is our Gold Cup': O’Sullivan family 'over the moon' to take Foxhunter shock

The winner is trained in Lombardstown, Co. Cork, by Eugene O’Sullivan, who sent out Lovely Citizen to take this prized hunter chase in 1991, and was ridden by his daughter, Maxine.

'This is our Gold Cup': O’Sullivan family 'over the moon' to take Foxhunter shock

It Came To Pass caused a mighty 66-1 upset in the St. James’s Place Foxhunter Challenge Cup at Cheltenham.

It was a family affair, as the winner is trained in Lombardstown, Co. Cork, by Eugene O’Sullivan, who sent out Lovely Citizen to take this prized hunter chase in 1991, and was ridden by his daughter, Maxine.

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