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Gordon Elliott: ‘Don’t let anyone tell you Cheltenham isn’t the be-all and end-all - it’s everything’
David Jennings catches up with the master of Cullentra House, all set for his biggest week of the year
David JenningsDeputy Ireland editor
Gordon Elliott: "I'd be delighted if we come away with one winner, any winner, but the standard we're at now we're aiming for three, four or five winners"Credit: Patrick McCann
Tell me this, Gordon: if you were still riding and you could throw your leg over any horse next week, who would it be?
"Gerri Colombe."
Really? Not Mighty Potter?
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- ‘I’ve never had to deal with that in my career and I did find it hard - you start asking yourself what you’re doing wrong’
- 'I don't want to be part of this narrative that Irish trainers are better than us - I think that's rubbish, it drives me nuts'
- 'The grief hits me quite a lot - so many people think I'm really tough but I get terribly upset by things inwardly'
- 'The numbers went in the wrong direction and you're an idiot if you don't think about it - but you back what you're doing'
- 'My wife wants to know why I'm reading the sales catalogue in bed - it's relentless, but you have to be on it all the time'