Very sad
It was fitting that Flame Bearer won the newly named WillowWarm Gold Cup, given the sponsors produce an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional fuel briquettes, but the tragic death of Mighty Potter put a real dampener on the day.
Still only six but already a four-time Grade 1 winner, Mighty Potter was being talked up as a potential Gold Cup winner, but we will never find out as he suffered a fatal fall at the tenth fence.
"That's the game we're in, isn't it? You've got to keep your head up and keep going," said a philosophical but clearly devastated Gordon Elliott afterwards.
Follow us