• ‘I had a tear in my eye – we’ve had a rough year’
  • Trainer banned earlier in 2021 for posing with dead horse

Galvin, under an inspired ride by Davy Russell, got up in the final stride to win the Grade One Savills Chase at Leopardstown on Tuesday and will now head straight to the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March, when he is likely to start at around 5-1 to give Gordon Elliott, his trainer, a second success in chasing’s championship event.

Galvin seemed more likely to finish third when A Plus Tard and Kemboy, the winners in 2020 and 2018 respectively, showed more speed after jumping the second-last, and Elliott’s seven-year-old still had a couple of lengths to find at the final fence.

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