THAT was as big a winner as I’ve ever ridden, Tiger Roll in the 2014 Triumph Hurdle. For all the reasons. Initially, I only had one ride on Gold Cup day, the last day of the 2014 Cheltenham Festival. Lord Windermere, a 20/1 shot in the Gold Cup itself. If I was going to ride a winner at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival, I was going to have to win the Gold Cup on a 20/1 shot.

Then, all of a sudden, wham. Things change, you have a ride in the Triumph Hurdle, you win the Triumph Hurdle, and suddenly you’re gone from being an ordinary rider to being a good rider again. In the space of six minutes, on a ride you didn’t have, on a horse you didn’t know. And then you’re walking on air again. And you’re going into the Gold Cup with a winner in the bag and all the confidence that that brings.