Bromhead

The eventual diagnosis was a strained joint in his pelvis and all doubts were banished 12 months ago when Henry de Bromhead's chaser took the Arkle Trophy.

Sizing Europe loses 'flop' tag in Champion Chase at Cheltenham 2011

The locals had the money and the Establishment connections but the Irish brought their tradition, their love of the game, as De Bromhead testified.

Irish break the bank at Cheltenham as joy overrides economic fears | Paul Hayward 2011

"It's in our heart, in our blood," said Henry de Bromhead, trainer of Sizing Europe, who won the Queen Mother Champion Chase, 24 hours after the same outfit's Sizing Australia had landed one of Ireland's three wins on the meeting's opening day.

Irish break the bank at Cheltenham as joy overrides economic fears | Paul Hayward 2011

De Bromhead, though, was persuaded by statistics that the Champion Chase should be his race at the Festival and Sizing Europe is now the 13th Arkle winner in a row to at least reach the frame when tackling the two-mile championship race the following season.

Sizing Europe loses 'flop' tag in Champion Chase at Cheltenham 2011

"There are a lot of very wealthy owners still there," De Bromhead said.

Irish break the bank at Cheltenham as joy overrides economic fears | Paul Hayward 2011

De Bromhead said: There's definitely been an impact from the economic climate but it's so competitive over there in Ireland.

Irish break the bank at Cheltenham as joy overrides economic fears | Paul Hayward 2011

When everyone had done cheering, he spotted me, and made me known to Chard and Bromhead, and that was when Moran, who was sitting by on a biscuit box cleaning his Remington, came suddenly to his feet, and for once the sliding blue eyes stared straight at me in astonishment.

Watershed 2010

Eleven Victoria Crosses they won, Chard with his beard scorched, Bromhead stone-deaf, and those ragged Taffies half-dead on their feet, but not too done to fight - oh, and talk.

Watershed 2010

The officer in charge of the outpost is Lieutenant Chard, played by Stanley Baker; next in the chain of command is Lieutenant Bromhead, played by Michael Caine, in one of his earliest roles.

James Rocchi: The Moviegoer: Last Stand at Beverly and LaBrea 2008

Henry Hook wasn't a scoundrel; Gonville Bromhead was deaf; and much of the initiative for the defence came from James Langley Dalton, depicted as ineffectual in the film.

Seasonal movies: some background Ray Girvan 2005