on the best horse in the race. He was very idle, like he was last year". He also admitted "I honestly thought on the first circuit that I could be pulling him up and keeping him OK for Punchestown. We managed to keep him going though and, all of a sudden, I knew I had a lot of horse under me. I thought I had a squeak jumping the first fence on the second circuit and then, at the top of the hill, I knew we were in with a chance. He's jumped super. If you leave him alone, he has more confidence, so I didn’t want to do anything for show. He's a confidence horse, so I didn’t want to pick my stick up". David Casey, who took the ride on On My Own after Ruby Walsh's injury, said that "with a straight run, I would have won the race". 2014/2015 National Hunt season On his first appearance of the new season, Lord Windermere was brought back in distance for the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase over two and a half miles on 7 December. He was held up as usual before finishing well to take third behind Don Cossack and Boston Bob. He started 5/1 third favourite for the Lexus Chase three weeks later, but finished seventh behind Road To Riches . In the Hennessy Gold Cup in February, he took the lead approaching the second last but was overtaken at the final obstacle and finished third behind Carlingford Lough and Foxrock. In March Lord Windermere returned to Cheltenham to defend the Gold Cup and started a 20/1 outsider. As in 2014, he dropped to last on the first circuit but on this occasion he failed to make any late progress and was pulled up by Russell at the second last. The horse's owner was unhappy with Davy Russell's performance and insisted that he should not ride Lord Windermere again. Robbie McNamara was booked to ride the horse in the Grand National but after being injured in a fall at Wexford Racecourse he was replaced by Brian O'Connell. Lord Windermere was pulled up before the second Valentine's Brook in the subsequent Grand National. Pedigree References External links Racing Post Profile Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Lord Windermere 2006 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Ireland Racehorses trained in Ireland Cheltenham Festival winners Thoroughbred family 4-h Cheltenham Gold Cup winners