Mick Winters rolls in Cheltenham mud on ITV Racing to celebrate Chatham Street Lad win - The Mirror

Chatham Street Lad (16-1) won the 2020 Caspian Caviar Gold Cup at Cheltenham Racecourse. The trainer lit up the track with his hilarious celebratory move

Mick Winters lit up Cheltenham with his celebrations after Chatham Street Lad spreadeagled the 2020 Caspian Caviar Gold Cup field.

The Irish trainer was ecstatic with the success of the 16-1 shot, who made light work of his opponents in the day's feature race.

ITV Racing's Alice Plunkett told him: "You said beforehand if he won that you might be rolling in the mud."

"Well I still might do it," said Winters.

"Do you want to roll in the Cheltenham mud?" replied Plunkett.

"I would love to," said the trainer."

"Go on then, here we go."

Winters got down on his hands and knees in the winners' enclosure and rolled over on his side, to cheers from his supporters and the crowd.

"It's fabulous, fabulous," Winters chuckled.

What looked a competitive renewal of the International Meeting's feature race on paper was turned into a procession by the winner.

Chatham Street Lad, a novice over fences coming into the 2m 4f contest, was the first Irish-trained winner since 2005.

“It was outstanding – it was a local jockey as well," added Winters, who said in the build-up to the race that if he won at Cheltenham he'd roll like a pig in muck.

"He has come down to school on the horse lately and the horse has improved.

“The owners have always had horses in and they have a couple of pubs locally and things. In fairness he won well in Cork (last time out).

"This is spectacular."

Jockey Darragh O'Keeffe was aboard the eight-year-old, as he charged clear of Midnight Shadow (12-1).

Benatar (25-1) was third and the well-backed Good Boy Bobby (6-1) finished fourth.

"When Micky Winters comes over to England he's got to be taken seriously because when he has the ammunition he's well able to train them," said the eight-year-old's jockey Darragh O'Keeffe.

"We thought he'd run well but we didn't think he'd do that."

Paddy Power and Betfair Sportsbook introduced the winner at 20-1 for the Ryanair Chase at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival.