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Rachael, Henry and the Irish - an undeniable Holy Trinity
Minella Indo leads the Gold Cup field up the hill in front of empty standsCredit: Edward Whitaker
You can start laying up a new top table at which there will need to be only one place setting for Henry de Bromhead, who has reinvented the art of the impossible as the first man to land the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Gold Cup in the same year.
The festival’s Holy Trinity is wholly his.
The least flash of characters, he actually showed off a bit on Friday as he had the first two home in the Gold Cup with Minella Indo and serial leg-breaker Jack Kennedy leading home Rachael Blackmore on A Plus Tard.
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