He won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1991 by a short-head from The Fellow with Desert Orchid back in third place.
He won the previous year's Royal & SunAlliance Chase.
In that race he came second to Celtic Shot in the Tommy Whittle Chase.
His Gold Cup win is rather unusual in that he beat two former champions in Desert Orchid (third) and Norton's Coin (fell) and two future champions in The Fellow (second) and Cool Ground (fourth).
The groom after he retired was Marie Thompson His victory in the Gold Cup was accompanied by an upsurge in interest in acupuncture, as his trainer revealed that he had been treated with acupuncture and homeopathy for a stubborn lameness.