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Elliott's exploits continue to impress but challenges remain for jump racing
Tiger Roll (far side) just denies Pleasant Company in the Grand NationalCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)
Gordon Elliott really is some man.
In a little more than a decade with a licence he has won the Grand National twice, masterminded a Gold Cup success, been the leading trainer at consecutive Cheltenham Festivals and become the first Irish handler to saddle 200 winners in a season.
The 40-year-old panel-beater's son is the closest thing we have seen to Jim Bolger in terms of being a self-made man whose talent, vision and enterprise have seen him seriously upset the established order.
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