GALOPIN DES CHAMPS sparkles in Savills Chase romp

Galopin Des Champs returned to his brilliant best with a stunning display in the Savills Chase at Leopardstown.

Beaten by Fastorslow in his two races since winning the Gold Cup in March, his task was eased when that rival was declared a non-runner on account of the ground, but Willie Mullins’ seven-year-old still impressed with a wide-margin win.

Having raced a little lethargically on his comeback in the John Durkan Chase, he looked full of enthusiasm on this occasion.

With Conflated setting a generous gallop in front, Paul Townend was content to take a lead in second with Gerri Colombe, Gordon Elliott’s big hope, just in behind.

The order stayed pretty much the same throughout but Galopin Des Champs was making several lengths with his brilliant jumping on the way round.

Henry de Bromhead’s A Plus Tard, himself a previous Gold Cup winner, could not get on terms at any stage and Gerri Colombe was under pressure a long way from home.

Townend took a wide course coming off the final bend and with just the last fence standing between him and victory, Galopin Des Champs flew it before pulling further and further clear, with the 6-4 favourite winning by 23 lengths from Gerri Colombe.

Coral make Galopin Des Champs even money for a second Gold Cup in March, with Betfair and Paddy Power slightly bigger at 5-4.

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Down the years many of them household names but not too many of them have ever put up a performance like that I mean what’s your reaction to what he did there it was a huge performance I suppose I didn’t um you know I was looking at them coming over the third

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Punches 10 defeats but could you have envisaged him winning in the manner he did today no I mean I came today and we had four runners eventually in the race and uh if any one of the four had won it wouldn’t have surprised me you know I

Think a lot of the four of them uh but now I mean this F just looks to be um a class ahead of those and there they’re good horses as Ruby pointed out the John Durkin being moved back this year is what allowed you to come here today that

Has worked out rather well is yeah I mean you know people we’re everyone’s been saying for the last 20 years if the we all know it’s too near Christmas so our good horses running the John dark and so they miss Christmas so we having a great record on the SLE but by getting

It away those John Durkin horses who are the top class Chasers in Ireland get a chance now to run at Christmas and that’s uh you know and that paid off for us today hopefully we’ll see him back here at the Dublin racing Festival before ch yeah we could I mean it’s a

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Bruise the week before or something then we’d have no run so I said let’s you know roll the dice here see what happens till later we did that’s spectacular just before we let you go Dan Li Warrior delivered the goods once again what was your verdict there I mean to me he put

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Last fence I don’t I I don’t know what Patrick said to um Danny Danny but I imagine they wouldn’t be coming home in the same car anyhow um but I thought Danny was riding his horse and he had to try and go for grade one glory on his

Horse but um any know it’ll be it’ll make fun for uh for this evening uh when were’re disseminating the whole thing any he’s a hugely exciting horse I mean could he follow the same route as gallop and he looks in that League who knows I mean I mean fa toile earlier on and

Spectacular as well you know just they’re all horse you’d love to have so we’re very lucky to have them it’s been great to watch them and must say will thanks for joining us well done thank you very watch live racing now on racing tv.com