'He's not happy unless he has grit between his teeth' - what has turned Gavin Cromwell from a farrier into a Gold Cup winner?
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It was only 2017 when Gavin Cromwell brought his first two runners to the Cheltenham Festival. Neither finished. Prospectus was pulled up in the Fred Winter and Jer's Girl fell in the Mares' Hurdle.
Fast-forward to 2025 and the former farrier has now reached the pinnacle of the sport. At the end of a week in which he had 26 runners, ten of whom finished in the first three, he did what many deemed impossible – he tamed Galopin Des Champs with a horse who took baby steps all season in preparation for this giant leap into the history books. Make no mistake about it, this was an astonishing training performance. Inothewayurthinkin was not even entered in the race a few weeks ago; now he's won it.
So, then, how has the guy who used to put shoes on Gordon Elliott's horses become one of the best trainers in the game?
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