A sea of grinning faces greeted the heroic Flintham in the winner’s enclosure at Warwick, after he displayed a typically gritty, front-running and brilliant jumping performance in the Pertemps Cheltenham Festival qualifier.
Coneygree surely needs no introduction, and this talented homebred gelding certainly proved himself when he became the first novice to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup since 1974, by clinching the 2015 title.
Despite an eventful start to the race, the heroic Carruthers proved just how much ability he has and in 2011 he won the prestigious Hennessy Gold Cup.
King Harald galloped and jumped beautifully all the way. After a nail-biting finish, the memory of him winning the Jewsons Handicap Chase at Cheltenham will always be a racing highlight.