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records at the Cheltenham Festival just three weeks earlier by becoming the first trainer to win the Unibet Champion Hurdle, Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase and WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup in the same year. Of his Aintree achievement he said: “It’s amazing, it really is. The stuff you dream about. It looked as though Rachael had it won jumping the last, but we all know how things can change. “I used to dream about winning this but it was a very distant dream! These are the races you want to win and I feel so fortunate.” It is a mark of the success of the Randox
I had such a beautiful passage around. “Minella Times jumped fantastically and didn’t miss a beat anywhere. I couldn’t believe it jumping the second-last – it’s just incredible. When I hit the rail and I heard I was four lengths in front, I knew he was going to gallop to the line, but we all know what can happen on the run-in here. When I crossed the line, I don’t know how I felt. “It’s unbelievable, just incredible. I just travelled and jumped everywhere. I wish I could give you a better run-down of what happened.” For de Bromhead it capped an extraordinary season, having broken
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