Trainer John 'Shark' Hanlon is ready to take on defending Gold Cup champion Galopin Des Champs with stable star Hewick but would prefer to see the match occur on good ground.

Trainer John ‘Shark’ Hanlon is ready to take on defending Gold Cup champion Galopin Des Champs with stable star Hewick but would prefer to see the match occur on good ground.

John 'Shark' Hanlon is not taking any chances with Hewick after his crashing fall in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

John ‘Shark’ Hanlon claims Hewick is running “better than he ever was” but he still isn't certainly he will enter the Cheltenham Gold Cup with some changeable weather on the horizon.

Bars across Cheltenham should brace themselves for a Shark attack of Jaws-like proportions if Hewick can complete his fairytale rise by claiming Gold Cup glory.