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'The Gold Cup is in my kitchen - what on earth is that doing there? It's mad'

David Jennings meets the trainer who dominated the Cheltenham Festival

Henry de Bromhead with the Cheltenham Gold CupCheltenham 19.3.21 Pic: Edward Whitaker/Racing Post
Golden moment: Henry de Bromhead with the Gold Cup trophy after Minella's Indo victoryCredit: Edward Whitaker

The sales pitch isn't great. Lord Sugar would be showing him the door.

"I'm not that exciting to be honest. There is nothing hidden away. What you see is what you get, I'm afraid."

Surely there is something under the bonnet we should know about. "Oh my God, that's far too deep for me. Erm, I watch a bit of Netflix. Heather [his wife] is in charge of that so I go along with whatever she wants to watch. We're enjoying Line Of Duty at the moment."

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