Destriero - 1991 Supreme Novices Hurdle Cheltenham

Destriero & Pat McWilliams land a monster gamble in the Supreme Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham for Owner Noel Furlong & Trainer Andy Geraghty.

[@MrSmid888]

BIG MONEY LANDED. They had him unexposed. £300,000 bet. Won just over a million . And then there was 6-1 shot Destriero, one run over hurdles under his belt, the relatively inexperienced Pat McWilliams on his back and £300,000 on his nose. "Pat didn't know the money was down," says Furlong, who watched the race from JP McManus's box. "I worked on a need-to-know basis and Pat didn't need to know. But he followed my instructions to the letter." McWilliams rode a confident race, darted Destriero through horses to lead at the second-last and, although he got too close to the last and clouted it hard, his nearest pursuers Granville Again and Gran Alba could make no inroads on the flat.

[@postcardterry]

The luckiest winner of all time. Granville Again was stopped in his tracks several time including by the fatal fall of Gaasid!

[@robertdelacy3434]

Would you behave he beat him easy

[@fedlad]

Yes, he was another Supreme Novices winner who looked very good on the day, but never really fulfilled his potential.

[@peteb954]

He was laid out for the race

[@thomasjohnson9677]

Yes very sophisticated in such a high profile race. Well done to them.