Gordon marks Cheltenham festival eve with fabulous 934-1 fivetimer

Chris Gordon: hoping to take centre stage at Plumpton once again

Chris Gordon: perfect Monday with five winners from five runners with treble at Plumpton and double at Stratford

It might not quite rival Michael Dickinson's famous five or recent exploits of Willie Mullins at Cheltenham but trainer Chris Gordon served up his own memorable moment 24 hours before this year's festival.

Sending out five horses to Plumpton and Stratford, the Winchester trainer had the perfect afternoon with all five winning at cumulative odds of 934-1 with a treble in Sussex to go with a double at Stratford.

What made it even more amazing is Gordon, with a stable of 33 horses, was taking his record to 11 winners from his last 16 runners after five winless months last summer left him in single figures at the start of 2017.

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Bruce JacksonReporter

Published on 13 March 2017inReports

Last updated 19:19, 13 March 2017

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