Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: The wonderful thing with horses is that they know so little. Coneygree didn’t know he was a novice, didn’t know he was fragile, didn’t know he wasn’t worth anything at all. He didn’t know a first-timer hadn’t won the Gold Cup since 1974, or that winners of blue riband races are rarely so gauche that they lead from start to finish. And what he didn’t know couldn’t hurt him. It is different for humans. Sara Bradstock, wife of winning trainer Mark, and daughter of racing legend Lord Oaksey, who bred Coneygree, remembers every doubt, every raised eyebrow, every cruel remark on the road to one of the most remarkable victories in the history of this race. And one in particular.Coneygree became the first novice in 41 years to win the Gold Cup at CheltenhamThe eight-year old vindicated trainer Mark Bradstock's decision to opt for a shot at the blue ribandAP McCoy was ninth on Carlingford Lough in what was his final ride in the Gold Cup before retirementCLICK HERE to see how all the Cheltenham Festival 2015 action unfolded 
 Question:He said he wasn’t good at watching races and had spent _’s three miles, two furlongs and 110 yards pacing and smoking.

Coneygree