It has been a strange couple of months for National Hunt racing. Great Britain were red-hot favourites for the Betbright Cup, formerly known as the Prestbury Cup, but Irish trainers did much better than expected and romped to a 19-9 victory – much to the delight of racing fans across Ireland.

Unfortunately, Aintree didn’t exactly go to plan for the likes of Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott. In fact, there were no Irish-trained winners at the famous Grand National meeting this year – an incredible shock considering how impressive the Irish horses were at last month’s Cheltenham Festival.