OUR Duke bids to credit Jessica Harrington with back to back victories in tomorrow’s Unibet Irish Gold Cup and the eight-year-old, who is owned and bred by the Cooper family, has developed a great following. When I spoke with Billy Cooper earlier this week, he expected to have around 100 in the travelling party to Leopardstown at the weekend.

Our Duke is one of around 60 horses that Harrington has in over the winter and she said: “All the flat horses are back in and we can accommodate 120 horses here. It’s an exciting time as the good winter jumping horses are on the go and all the flat horses are back in as well.”