Gordon Elliott: 'Owners stood by me - and I'd love to repay them at Cheltenham'
David Jennings returns to Cullentra House a year on from the darkest of days
It had gone 11pm and ticked past the two-hour mark at your conventional Cheltenham preview night in Navan. There were certainties, absolute certainties and moral certainties. There were horses who wouldn't win on Thursday if they started on Tuesday, no-hopers, and complete and utter no-hopers.
Anyway, it was time for Gordon Elliott, doing his second preview of the evening, to choose his charity bet – 50 quid courtesy of Paddy Power. This, speaking from experience, is usually the first horse who comes into a trainer's head. Name. Race. Job done. Home.
"My bet costs €120 and I'll put in the extra €70 myself. I'm going to do a €1 Super Heinz."
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Published on 12 March 2022inInterviews
Last updated 13:38, 24 March 2022
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