Cheltenham Festival 2013: Brendan Powell Jnr wins the JLT Specialty Chase with ease on Golden Chieftan We were half-worried he wouldn't get the trip - we didn't even know he was good enough to win a handicap at Cheltenham like this. Brendan has been good for a long time now, but he's getting better all the time. He's a cool boy, he's always in the right position and he listens. It's super when it all works out. Powell said: "It's unbelievable - it hasn't sunk in. Everything that could have gone right did. He is a very classy horse and, in fairness to him, he probably was well handicapped. Things haven't gone right for him in the past, but he travelled superb and jumped brilliant and everything just clicked. I phoned up Joe (Tizzard, trainer's son) last night asking for a lift to Cheltenham and he asked me what rides I had. He didn't realise Golden Chieftain had got in, but thank goodness he did.