L’Homme Presse is firmly back on track as a potential Cheltenham Gold Cup runner for Venetia Williams after the nine-year-old, having his first start for over a year, beat Protektorat two and a quarter lengths in the Fleur de Lys Chase at Lingfield.
Galopin des Champs, the short-priced favourite and last year’s winner, may not have been quaking in his stable at the result but it was a good return for the horse who won the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase at the festival in 2022. He had not run since unseating Charlie Deutsch when booked for second behind Bravemansgame in the 2022 King George.
When is the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is run on the final day of the four-day Cheltenham Festival.