Winner of the Cotswold Chase, the old Arkle, at Cheltenham as a six-year-old in 1958, and winner of the second running of the Champion Chase back at Cheltenham in 1960, he started off the 1960/61 season by winning over hurdles before going back to Cheltenham in November for the inaugural running of the Mackeson Gold Cup.
They obviously didn’t know it then, but the inaugural running of the Paddy Power Gold Cup, then run under the Mackeson banner, produced one of its most auspicious winners.įortria was as versatile as he was talented.
