Galopin Des Champ cemented his status as the best chaser in training with victory in a pulsating Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.
See the race in full and hear from some of the connections of well performing horses in the race, including former Grand National winner Sam Waley-Cohen
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42 Comments
Wonderful Horse, injuries permitting i can see this star winning a few more gold cups
Were the horses Ok that fell?
Great performance by GDC how far would he have won by if he had jumped with his normal enthusiasm. If Davy Russell was riding Conflated would have been 2nd.
worst gold cup ever.
He won't run at aintree some horse king George st Stephen day. + Gold next year Cheltenham nice ante post double.
Really great Gold Cup to watch. Two good horses, both brilliantly ridden running down to the last neck and neck. Fantastic. Actually the winner's jumping wasn't great early on but he winged the last superbly. Townend have him a brilliant ride throughout. It's been a good Cheltenham.
What a race!
not as good as last year's winners performance but the best horse won.. Ahoy Senor would drive you mental, he had most of the field sucking when he fell. AS jumping is scary to watch, losing a length at each fence and still pulling the field out of their comfort zone. He needs a horse on his outside just to straighten him up. His jumping loses him 25 lenghts over this trip, and probably any chances of winning the race. A wasted talent.
a huge test because braveman is a class act as well
An amazing gold cup. So many horses ran brilliantly, Noble Yeats, Conflated, lucindas horse hewick, Two wonderful horses 1st and 2nd and i hope noble yeats is fresh for the gold cup, if he is i think he'll piss up.
Absolute beast and will only get better. What a mouthwatering thought if constitution goes chasing next year!
Well done Paul on board.great moment
Didn't jump great, but a special horse ? Second ran good too ?
To experience this there at the course was easily one of the best races I’ve watched purely because I’ve seen him be written off for weeks and weeks but always knew he’d win this. Will he stay up that hill he won’t only stay he’ll run away from them ✈️
6-4 with bookmakers for next years gold cup 😂😂😂😂😂
What a horse! absolute monster just like the other greats even on a bad day his bad jumps are better than most, the type to never know hes beaten..& peach from Paul, just like constitution Hill you can train his competition "till the cows come home" but you cannot "out train" a horse that just has extra gears when needed on the turn for home & with an engine to match!
Awesome race from start to finish. It had everything. I can see Galopin Des Champs doing a Kauto Star now and reigning supreme over the 3m division for the next few years. I'd love to see the rematch with Bravemansgame on a flatter track though, maybe in the Bowl at Aintree or next year's King George. I think there's a good chance we'd see a different outcome on a track that places more emphasis on speed and agility than it does stamina.
ahoy senor was going best of all when falling
What a horse best since kauto/denman
The connections of Shiskin must really regret not going for the Gold Cup. The way he finished the Ryanair suggests he would have been right in the shake up. A Plus Tard was very unlucky, looked to be going well given a quiet ride by Rachael when in the space of a few seconds twice being hampered at a critical stage of the race. Connections of L`Homme Presse must have been watching this ruefully also. Their horse would likely also have been a big factor here if he`d been in the Line up.
Mullins continues to be the Messi of horse racing no stopping him 💥🥇
Very impressive. Best Gold Cup winner, since Kauto. Hewick and Ahoy Senor, had very nasty falls. I feared the worst. Glad to hear, that both horses are OK 👍👍👍
How many horses start the race 🏁 but don't finish the race?
Nicely done ridden jockey was class to ride the winner 🥇 what a horse 🐴 beautiful horse racing
Paul Townend best jockey good in Ridding horses
A classic race. Cheltenham has been
fantastic
What a race . Hope the fallen horses where ok and jockeys
Hats off to trainer Paul . He's been a shadow the past few seasons to Mullins and Henderson and still managing to pull off winners in the Cheltenham. Great respect for that man .
The only negative about this win is Willie won’t run him in the punchestown gold cup. Straight into cotton wool.
Irish wins again 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Miss the gold cup with the very long run in when dawn run won why not get the winner interview
Wouldnt have beat Sea Buscuit in its prime
Galopin Des Champs is unbeatable he can win as many gold cups as he likes. He's in a different league to the other horses
Jesus he is one terrible commentator. Go on the gallopin.
GDC and BMG FC 1st and 2nd best bet of my week. Great race Paul and Harry ♥️
Terrible result for bookie monsters .i love bravemans game his jumping is class at 3 mile he would beat this horse no bother . the futher it went i knew the writing was on the wall .lots of nice races for him .winner and jockey were superb well done willie and townsend .
Chap has about 20 gears to win a goldcup like this from so far back going up in distance is a special thing
Can’t see BMG reversing the form anywhere. Great training performance by the Mullins camp.
Glad Hewick got up who ran superb for ground he didn’t enjoy, a movie could be made about that lad.
What was the story with Stattler..stinking in the betting all week…stinking in the race…what was going on?
What a ridè townend gave him
Thankyou galopin des champs👏🏽👏🏽💰💰💰
This is disgusting, why are horses being forced to run in 2023