FROM Dunmanway in Co Cork, Gavin made his Cheltenham Festival breakthrough in 2015, winning the Stayers’ Hurdle on Cole Harden, and recently added to the tally as You Wear It Well went on to win the Mares’ Novice Hurdle at the 2023 renewal of the fabled meeting.

That mare’s trainer Jamie Snowden has played a big part in keeping Gavin in the headlines in recent times. In December 2023, Gavin completed an incredible big-race treble; he won the Coral Gold Cup at Newbury on the Snowden-trained Datsalrightgino, the December Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Fugitif for Richard Hobson, and then the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Hewick for Shark Hanlon.