The Gold Cup victory turned out to be a disaster for amateur jockey Ronald Brittain. After a dose of sleeping pills, he woke up tied up on board a yacht sailing in an unknown direction from the coast of England. Kidnapping for revenge? It is quite possible, because Britten, while working as an auditor, sent more than one crook to prison for financial fraud. Or was someone disturbed by a lucky rider who refused to hold his horse? However, whoever the kidnapper was, he was mistaken in believing that loneliness, fear and seasickness would forever force Britten to leave the circle.