Findon trainer Josh Gifford will be among the guests of sponsors Whitbread and Company at the £80,000 Murphy's Gold Cup Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow.

The race was first run back in 1960 as the Mackeson Gold Cup and Whitbread's have invited connections of all the 39 winners for a celebratory lunch.

Josh rode the 1967 winner Charlie Worcester, trained by Captain Ryan Price, his predecessor at Soldiers Field.

He is also the trainer of Bradbury Star, the Mackeson winner in 1993 and 1994.

Now 14-years-old, Bradbury Star will lead a midday parade of five recent winners of this important two-and-a-half-mile chase.

Cheltenham managing director Edward Gillespie said: "We hope the parade of horses and public address interviews with some of the personalities will encourage race-goers to come early and join in the fun."

Also, Gifford saddles Nafone for the second race on the programme, the Wadworth 6X Novices Chase, and River Gold in the Mackeson Novices Hurdle, which precedes the 2.55pm feature event for the Gold Cup.

Meanwhile, Tim Pinfield, who rode as a conditional jump jockey for Gifford ten years ago with Bradbury Star one of his mounts, enjoyed success in the Breeders Cup series at Gulf Stream Park in the United States.

He saddled Big Jag, third behind Artax in the sprint race.

The regular work rider for Artax is Dale McKeown, the Brighton-born brother of flat race jockey Dean.

Dale emigrated to the USA five years ago after several seasons of racing over hurdles in England.

If it is a consolation to readers who followed my ill-judged Cup comments last week, I managed to lose more money in four bets than at any time in the past ten months by heeding my own advice.

I bow my head in shame for discarding the brilliant Daylami, ridden by Frankie Dettori, but still cannot quite believe that Andre Fabre did not have even one of his four runners in the money.

Daylami was the only British-trained winner in the eight-race series.

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