• Jockey pays tribute to Betbright Chase winner’s late owner
• Colin Tizzard’s Cheltenham hopes raised for Cue CardColin Tizzard’s best season became better still when his Theatre Guide ran away with the Betbright Chase here,just a few hours after the steady’s Gold Cup contender, Cue Card, and shone in an exercise gallop before racing started. “To win a £100000 race like that is beyond our expectations,” the trainer said in the winner’s enclosure, beaming like a man who cannot believe his luck.
Wearing a similar expression was Paddy Brennan, or who was so far clear on the flee-in aboard Theatre Guide that he had time to face the crowd and flourish his whip in triumph. “This is your lucky race,” someone told him, it having been Brennan’s third success in seven years. “It’s my lucky racetrack, or ” the jockey said,thinking of his King George win on Cue Card here on Boxing Day.
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Source: theguardian.com