Mother-daughter team back in form after death of Gold Cup-winning husband and former jockey for the Queen Mother

LILY BRADSTOCK rode a victor astatine Plumpton connected Monday for her mother, Sara, who trains arsenic fewer arsenic 'four oregon five' horses.

Smuggler's Haven finished 9 and a fractional lengths successful beforehand successful the 2 and a fractional mile hurdle for his 2nd triumph of the season.

As good arsenic holding her amateur licence and often riding for her mother, Lily is besides adjunct trainer to her parent astatine the family's historical gait successful Oxfordshire.

Sara was, until his bittersweet passing successful March, joined to Mark Bradstock.

The precise fashionable figure, who died aged 66, astir famously trained Coneygree to go the archetypal novice to triumph the Cheltenham Gold Cup for 40 years.

But helium started beingness retired arsenic a unchangeable lad for trainer for Fulke Walwyn successful Lambourne, earlier becoming his adjunct for 5 years portion besides riding arsenic an amateur.

During his vocation successful the saddle, helium rode 18 winners, including 3 for the Queen Mother.

Following his death, which came aft a precise agelong illness, determination was an outpouring of enactment for the fashionable trainer who made racing history.

His woman and girl person present continued connected his legacy, and, contempt their tiny squad of horses, are getting backmost connected the large stage.

Mr Vango, who was past seen pulling up successful the Scottish expansive National, volition beryllium heading to the Welsh Grand National successful precocious December.

And Smuggler's Haven looks an breathtaking imaginable too.

In her post-race interrogation with Luke Harvey, Bradstock said: "We conscionable request immoderate much horses to enactment connected them. We've got 4 oregon 5 astatine the moment.

"It's conscionable brainsick - we've won Gold Cup, Hennessy's. I took my oculus disconnected the shot erstwhile it came to getting much horses erstwhile Mark was precise ill.

"And past helium kept saying - you've got to support going! You've got to support going! As helium was going...

"But I don't privation hundreds. I conscionable privation 20. We are truthful fortunate with our gallops. We've got the champion writer each the time. I mean, it's got to beryllium amended to gallop the horses connected what they contention on.

"We've got to emotion the each weather, but we are astir ever connected the grass.

"It's beauteous to beryllium connected the grass.

"I emotion doing it. I similar being with them and uncovering a mode to get the champion retired of them."

Of her daughter, she said: “Lily’s relation is monolithic and she works incredibly hard. She adores the horses and does overmuch of the carnal work.

“She’s worked present solidly since she near school. She rides arsenic an amateur and wants to proceed doing that, portion she besides has the apical eventer Tout Chocolat.

“Lily has an unthinkable mode with horses, and they conscionable emotion her.”

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