Cheltenham Festival: HUMEROS causes 100/1 shock to triumph for Willie Mullins and chairman Brighton Tony Bloom | Racing news
Humoros attacked the home to land shock 100/1 and gave the Irish sixth flat success in Triumph obstacles JCB in Cheltenham.
James Owen’s East India Dock and Nicky Henderson trained Lulamba thought strongly to end the barren British race at the Gold Cup Day opener and it looked like he would fight the goal when she was in front of the last flight.
However, they had to settle for minor honors because Jonjo O’Neill Jr was evoked by an exciting ending from the jumping debut of Ponyros, who gave Willie Mullins the fourth consecutive victory of the triumph, this one in the colors of President Brighton & Hove Albion Tony Bloom.
Mullins – who had 11 runners in the race – said: “He is a golden horn and I think he will make a very good master. He is a kind of horse you are looking for, but we didn’t expect it. We hoped he would run well and be a nice horse for next year, so he’s in front of the schedule.
“We bought it in October, we just educated it and then rested it. We thought we would better pull it off the field and prepare it for Cheltenham, so we did it, but I didn’t expect more than a nice running.
“We would have a lot of horses in the race and everyone came here with the same plan and I couldn’t believe it when I saw him pass.”
