Paul Townend wins the biggest race of the year for the fourth time as Irish horses dominate the last day of the festivalGalopin Des Champs, ridden by Paul Townend, wins back-to-back Gold Cups on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival. Photo: Michael Steele/Getty ImagesDavid Bass, JJ Slevin, Patrick Mullins, Harry Cobden, Jack Kennedy, Ben Jones, Lorcan Williams, Sam Ewing, John Dawson, Keith Donoghue, Danny GilliganThat’s a brilliant ride from Danny Gilligan.
Oh what a ride by John Dawson on Sine Nominee as he gets up to take Its On The Line, literally on the line! He came from miles back, laid third over the last and had to switch out around Its On The Line and Time Leader to only just make it in the last couple of yards.They swing for home and Time Leader takes over. Its On The Line is in second, Sine Nominee is there too!Down the back straight, Ferns Lock is still out in front. Its On The Line is being shaken up by O’Connor.
We said it would be Mullins or Skelton - they finished first and second. Such a versatile horse, Absurde. He won the Ebor and ran at Royal Ascot last year. He ran in the Melbourne Cup. And now he’s won the County Hurdle. Mad stuff.Afadil goes for it but Laau Du Sud has him over the last. Here comes Absurde for Townend and Mullins though! And he gets up on the line! That was not expected at all - he was 12/1, by far the longest winner fo the week for either Mullins or Townend.
The chances of that feel slim, it must be said. Today is, of course, Gold Cup day and Mullins has the odds-on favourite in defending champion Galopin Des Champs. On the basis of his two wins at Leopardstown in the past three months, Paul Townend’s mount should win this without a lot of fuss. But Gold Cups don’t usually work out that easily and there is plenty of opposition in the shape of Martin Brassil’s Fastorslow and Gordon Elliott’s Gerri Colombe.
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