HAPPY 'ARRY

REDKNAPP HOPING TO SCORE BIG WITH GOLD CUP HOPE THE JUKEBOX MAN

- By NEIL MORRICE

FRIDAY the 13th is a date that might unnerve a suspicious mind. But Harry Redknapp has dealt with enough nerves to fill a fright night theatre and will not hear of being worried when The Jukebox Man steps out for the biggest race of his life at Cheltenham today.

While the Ben Pauling-trained contender for today's Gold Cup gave the former West Ham and Tottenham manager his most prestigious win as an owner when inching home in the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day, the same horse was only narrowly denied in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at the 2024 Festival.

That same week, the now-retired Shakem Up’arry claimed victory in the Plate Handicap Chase, with joyous scenes greeting the popular two-and-a-half-miler in the winner's enclosure.