{"id":197706,"date":"2025-10-13T19:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/197706\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:07:12","slug":"id-say-keith-felt-like-ronaldo-or-messi-with-all-the-security-around-him-stumptown-owners-on-cloud-nine-after-groundbreaking-czech-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/197706\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;d say Keith felt like Ronaldo or Messi with all the security around him!&#8217; &#8211; Stumptown owners on cloud nine after groundbreaking Czech success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"Text__0__GlideArticleBody\"><a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link__01__GlideArticleBody\" id=\"stumptown&#039;s\" class=\"sc-b2c32ca0-0 dLKaTt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/profile\/horse\/3499222\/stumptown\/form\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stumptown&#8217;s<\/a> connections were still on cloud nine on Monday, 24 hours on from their hero having secured a slice of history by becoming the first Irish-trained winner of the Velka Pardubicka, with one member of the Furze Bush Syndicate lauding rider Keith Donoghue as the &#8220;king of cross-country&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__1__GlideArticleBody\">Having reeled off four cross-country wins on the bounce, culminating in a decisive victory at the Cheltenham Festival under Donoghue, the syndicate has already enjoyed a remarkable journey \u2013 but it reached even greater heights in the Czech Republic on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__3__GlideArticleBody\">Stumptown&#8217;s most recent appearance had come when pulled up in the Grand National at Aintree in April, but he bounced back on his return to post a famous victory for trainer Gavin Cromwell in landing the 135th running of the daunting 31-obstacle 4m2\u00bdf Pardubice contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb0b4133-2 cgVXXE\">Read award-winning journalism 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