article_snippet.sent: It will be the Gold Cup next season.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, also Gold Cup-bound next season is Paul Nicholls-trained Saphir Du Rheu, 15-length winner of the Grade One Betfred Mildmay Novices’ Chase under Sam Twiston-Davies.
article_snippet.sent: Twenty four hours earlier, a second consecutive success for Silviniaco Conti in Thursday’s Betfred Bowl, along with the fact that the gelding has been beaten three times in the Gold Cup, had left Nicholls feeling
article_snippet.sent: Nicholls did not have a contender for next season but
article_snippet.sent: After yesterday, I didn’t think we had a Gold Cup horse
article_snippet.sent: This is a very special horse.
article_snippet.sent: But his nose and lip also proved to be a lucky omen.