LAST Irish horse to win the Coral Gold Cup, under any of its guises/sponsorships? Total Recall, Willie Mullins and Paul Townend, 2017.

And before him? You have to go back to Michael O’Brien’s horse Bright Highway in 1980, if you don’t count Be My Royal in 2002, who was first past the post before being subsequently and somewhat controversially disqualified. That’s one Irish-trained winner in 45 years.