GROUND conditions played into the hands of Splash Of Ginge who landed the biggest prize of his career to date when winning the Grade 3 BetVictor Gold Cup at Cheltenham at the weekend, on ground similar to that which had seen him win the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury three years earlier. The son of Oscar (Sadler’s Wells) was bred by Stewart Pike and sold by his Synderborough Farm through Goldford Stud to Highflyer Bloodstock for £20,000 as a four-year-old at the DBS (now Goffs UK) Spring Sale.

On Saturday he was winning for just the sixth time in a 37-race career and brought his earnings to more than £270,000. He was also a Grade 3 winner over fences at Cheltenham back in 2015 when he beat Hunt Ball.