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Years of groundwork crucial to total Irish domination at Cheltenham Festival

Peter Fahey: one of the Irish trainers who recorded a notable first Cheltenham festival win with Belfast Banter in the County Hurdle
That quality shone through last week and it was by no means enjoyed in one small pocket. Far from it, in fact, with ten Irish trainers getting on the scoreboard for an array of different owners.Credit: Patrick McCann

Take an x-ray of the performance of the British at Cheltenham last week. Now, peg that into light. What do you see? A worrying situation.

There will be some serious questions asked this week. What is broken? What needs to be fixed? That may be the wrong way to approach things as there is no silver bullet here.

Instead, let’s concentrate on what the Irish have been doing exceptionally well and go from there.

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Brian SheerinReporter

Published on 21 March 2021inComment

Last updated 17:00, 21 March 2021

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