Megan Nicholls 'speechless' as horse she bought for two golf superstars gets huge win

The ITV Racing pundit was successful daze aft Givemefive, part-owned by Graeme McDowell and Brooks Koepka, scored successful beforehand of a grounds assemblage astatine Cheltenham's Showcase meeting

Racing pundit Megan Nicholls was near 'speechless' aft a landmark triumph for a equine part-owned by 2 sporting stars.

Givemefive (7-2) galloped connected powerfully successful the Masterson Holdings Hurdle to assistance her relative Harry Derham marque a grooming breakthrough astatine Cheltenham.

The four-year-old jumper is owned by Smash Racing, a syndicate that includes major-winning golfers Graeme McDowell and Brooks Koepka.

Nicholls was capable to ticker the magnitude and a 4th occurrence from the track, wherever she was moving for Racing TV.

"I'm a full messiness to beryllium honorable with you," she told ITV Racing.

"To person sourced Harry his archetypal Cheltenham victor is truthful special. This equine is honestly a dude.

"We bought him past twelvemonth and helium was specified a amusive juvenile. He has evidently improved again and I request to inquire Harry what's going to hap now, but I'd emotion to spot him backmost present for the Greatwood Hurdle (in November). Their squad is ever getting amended with much quality.

"I'm not often speechless, but I americium now. It's each a small spot much!"

Derham spent his younker watching legendary equine Kauto Star go the archetypal equine to regain the Gold Cup successful 2009.

He went connected to walk six years moving arsenic an adjunct to the chaser's trainer and his uncle Paul Nicholls, earlier branching retired connected his ain successful 2022.

In the race, tally successful beforehand of a grounds assemblage of 20,585, Givemefive utilized his level velocity to dart astir the omitted last obstacle.

McDowell and Koepka did not marque the travel to the Cotswolds, but Derham said: “They’re successful Florida, but I conscionable had a FaceTime with Graeme determination and he’s made up.

“For immoderate owners that enactment you successful a young business, it’s precise chill to bid winners for them and they’re large supporters of mine. It’s a shame they couldn’t beryllium here, but the equine has done them proud."

Derham revealed that helium was considering pulling the equine retired of the 2m½f contest, owed to the beingness of Bottler’secret, sent disconnected the evens favourite and placed third.

"I volition besides accidental good done to Graham my caput lad, Amy my sister and Charlie my assistant," helium added.

"They said ‘come on, you’ve trained him for the race, get connected and bash it’, truthful good done them.

"Givemefive has ne'er fto america down and this is simply a program we’ve had for a agelong time, truthful I’m thrilled it has travel off.”

As good arsenic the owners and trainer, jockey Paul O'Brien was different caller summation to the celebrated course's rotation of honour.

After obtaining the perfect result, McDowell tweeted: "Go connected you bully thing!!!!!"