High: It has to be the Ricci double of the Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup. The first owner to do so since Dorothy Paget!
I thought nothing would top Lossiemouth after she produced the performance many people suspected was in her. But Gaelic Warrior was simply sensational. He is already incredible. He has the potential to be one of the all time greats.
Low: the false starts were exasperating but the real low point was losing Envoi Allen.
Mullins pulling out Fact To File and criticising the Clerk of the Course about the ground was disgraceful. I don’t really mind him dominating the game but he has no right to expect the course to be set up just to suit his horses.
From a punting point of view, it wasn’t a complete disaster but it wasn’t great. Supremely West was a welcome high but Kopek Des Bordes’s defeat hurt!