IT was a landmark day for Gordon Elliott. Of course, the Irish National was the headline-generator, his first Irish National after going so close in the past, like with Bless The Wings in 2017
and, more agonisingly,
with Bless The Wings in
2016.

He ran 13 horses in the Irish National, which is, according to the Racing Post’s John Randall, more runners than any trainer has ever had in any race run anywhere in the world, beating by one the 12 that Dandy Nicholls ran in the Stewards’ Sprint Handicap at Goodwood in 2003.