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Paul Nicholls and Harry Findlay gave us their reaction to Denman's victory.

Trainer Paul Nicholls said: "It’s going to take a while to sink in. Denman galloped, jumped and never put a foot wrong. He got Kauto on the back foot really - he didn’t jump as well as he normally does. Neptune Collonges has run a career best.

"I talked to each jockey as an individual about how they could ride their race to win. It was fairly obvious what we were going to do with Denman. Neptune Collonges was going to have to go flat out the whole way to be fast enough for him. Kauto didn’t jump as well as he can do. I don’t know whether the ground was a bit tacky for him but we’re not going to make any excuses for him. Today he got beaten by a better horse. He’ll be back here, there will be plenty more races but today
wasn’t his day.

"As I’ve said all along with Denman, he has just been progressing. In the Aon Chase he beat nothing. The form wasn’t there in the book, but he’s just taken that extra step today. Nobody knew if he was capable until he went out there. There was no point in me putting my head on the block and saying he’ll beat Kauto.

"There wasn’t enough evidence to say that. All I knew was that when I saw him on Monday I’ve never, ever seen him look better than he did. Paul Barber said to me ‘that’s the best that horse has ever looked’.
"Denman definitely won’t run again this season. I have to discuss it with Clive (Smith) yet about Kauto and Neptune Collonges will probably go to Punchestown for the race he won last season, the Guinness Gold Cup. That suits him and he hasn’t had that long a season so he’ll probably run again.

"Sam got a cussing after The Tother One from me but I said to him ‘just go out there, be chilled, forget about what’s happened and do your best.’ He’s done that he gave him a fantastic ride and all credit to him. He’s a young man, there’s a lot of pressure and he did it very well. I’m very proud of him.

"Kauto’s been beaten and all horses get beaten some time. There’s no reason why they won’t run again each other again and on different tracks you might get a different result.

I don’t know where we’ll go with Denman next. I can’t see him running in the Grand National myself but let’s hope they’re both fit and healthy next season and back here.

On having won three Gold Cups Paul said: "I think the best one is always you first one, when See More Business won for Paul (Barber) but the pressure for this one and getting the one-two-three, it just doesn’t get any better.

Denman’s co-owner Harry Findlay told us : "Paul Nicholls has done a brilliant job to get the horse in superb condition on the day. But when you know it’s against his stable star, the way the whole thing has been handled has just been brilliant. There’s no other sport where that rivalry could be played on that sort of level. Racing is a massive benefactor of that.

"The excitement level was so good. We were all buzzing and to watch it unfold. You could feel it in the crowd. They knew Kauto was beaten. It’s unique and I’m really proud to be a part of it. I’ve always believed Denman was a left-handed tank. Sam was always going to ride
Denman and I was more than happy with that. Sam and Denman get on great. This was a carbon copy of the Hennessy. He was very neat today and that’s what won him the race and that’s exactly what Kauto wasn’t.

"We thought what has happened would happen but I thought we’d break Kauto between the third and second last and if we did win, we’d win by even further. The way it’s worked out it’s probably even more impressive from Denman.

"He’s a serious, serious horse. Who will want to take him on? He’s had a ball today, he probably has got tired but he really is very hard on other horses. If I owned another horse, I wouldn’t go near Denman. I wouldn’t want to take him on over three and a half miles around Newbury on soft ground.

"You can take Kauto on any time, not because of his lack of ability but you can take him on and run again but with Denman, no wonder Ollie Magern came out this morning, say no more. It’s not a lot of fun.
"He’s had no injuries of any note and if he stays sound he looks like a terrorist."

Asked if Denman will one day eclipse Arkle, Findlay said: "I didn’t see Arkle. I’ve only seen the end of the race when he beat Mill House and that doesn’t look that impressive but poeple say Arkle took a keen hold and that takes a hell of a lot out of horses. Denman doesn’t have that problem. They are obviously different types of horses. Arkle was more of a flashy horse, more of a Kauto Star but I’d have to guesstimate that Denman is the best since Arkle in terms of the Gold Cup."

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