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Gordon Elliott has been named the Philips Sports Manager of the Month for March 2018.
The award comes off the back of a sensational Cheltenham Festival for Elliott, where he retained his leading trainer title with a staggering eight winners - two more than his 2017 haul.
Elliott secured eight winners at the Festival despite drawing a blank on the opening day - and it was the prodigous Samcro who got the ball rolling for the County Meath trainer in the Ballymore.
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He has also broken records on home soil - with a treble at Downpatrick on March 25th seeing him hit a record 194 winners for the season.
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He has since gone on to break the 200 winners mark for the season, and last weekend saddled the winner in the Aintree Grand National for a second time, as Davy Russell piloted the brilliant Tiger Roll to victory.
Elliott currently leads Willie Mullins by €509,314 in the battle for the Irish trainers' title - with next week's Punchestown Festival likely to decide the winner.
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