By Andrew Atkinson
Jockey Adam Wedge rode Coole Cody, winner of the 2020 Cheltenham Paddy Power Gold, to land the Racing Post Gold Cup at Cheltenham, ahead of Zanza and fromthehorsesmouth.info each way tip Midnight Shadow (11-2) from 10-1 ante-post. Fusil Raffles finished fourth.
“He’s as hard as nails – a cracking, fantastic horse,” said Wedge.
“He’s got his own way of jumping – that fall the last day was a blip on his record. He’s always got from A to B and knows what to do,” said Wedge.
“You can’t ask for any more from him, as soon as I push the button he put his head to the floor and galloped all the way up the hill for me,” added Wedge.
Coole Cody trainer Evan Williams said: “He’s a good, tough horse. ‘Wedgey’ was convinced he had plenty of petrol last time – you can’t say that because in this old game you’ve got to get the job done, falling is no good.
“Not many horses can fall and then come back and do that round here. It sounds silly, but with a horse like Coole Cody you have no worries with what happened before, because he is as tough as teak, a very hard horse.
“It’s unusual for a horse to have no physiological effect. I knew he wouldn’t have any worries, so I didn’t have any worries.
“He’s won the Paddy Power and now this, and if he doesn’t do anything else in his life, he’s been an absolute star.”
