{"id":16653,"date":"2024-03-11T09:52:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T09:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instantcasinos.com\/?p=16653"},"modified":"2024-03-11T10:42:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T10:42:43","slug":"nick-scholfield-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instantcasinos.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/nick-scholfield-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Scholfield Interview: Top Jockey Reveals \u2018Leo Messi\u2019 Cheltenham Bankers; Riding Cheltenham Winner Compares To Lifting FA Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"malwarebytes-root\" style=\"position: fixed; z-index: 2147483647; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Top Jockey Reveals \u2018Leo Messi\u2019 Cheltenham Bankers <\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an exclusive interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/instantcasinos.com\/\">InstantCasinos<\/a>, top jump jockey Nick Scholfield believes two horses running at this year\u2019s Cheltenham Festival are virtually guaranteed to win their races &#8211; the Gold Cup and the Triumph Hurdle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Festival-winning rider drew comparisons between footballing legend Lionel Messi and the current Gold Cup favourite \u2018Galopin Des Champs\u2019, plus also threw into the Cheltenham mix Nicky Henderson\u2019s \u2018Sir Gino\u2019 as a star in the making.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholfield also revealed how it feels to ride a winner at the famous four-day jump racing festival, which gets underway on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQGs9dU-IMg?si=IttkLt8poRo3YC91\" width=\"1100\" height=\"650\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><b>Top Jockey Reveals \u2018Leo Messi\u2019 Cheltenham Bankers\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incredible Galopin Des Champs is aiming for back-to-back Cheltenham Gold Cup wins to match his consecutive Irish Gold Cup victories and Scholfield is convinced that he will achieve racing immortality over the 3 mile 2 1\u20442 furlong, 22 fence course.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Nick Scholfield: <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s obviously a couple of big bankers for punters. First of all, Sir Gino in the Triumph Hurdle has as strong credentials as any English runner at the Festival this year. And also Galopin Des Champs in the Gold Cup, who won it for Willie Mullins last year. They&#8217;re the most obvious ones. These two are in everyone&#8217;s accas and both look exceptional horses. If they could come in, people should appreciate what champions they are, because I think these are the best-of-the-best, the best of their discipline and they&#8217;re like our Leo Messis of horse racing.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><b>Riding Cheltenham Winner Compares To Lifting FA Cup<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholfield won the Grand Annual Chase at Cheltenham on 14\/1 shot Sky Pirate in 2021 and the jockey went into detail on the emotions he felt, on what was one of the best days of his career to date;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Nick Scholfield: <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere&#8217;s no better feeling. 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