Widely regarded as the stand out race at the Cheltenham Festival, the Gold Cup once again dominates the conversation on day four in Gloucestershire and it promises to be another highly competitive contest. The big question on everyone’s lips is can anyone prevent Galopin Des Champs from winning for an incredible third time?
At the time of writing, the two time defending champion is clear favourite at 4/7 with sportsbook CopyBet. The Willie Mullins-trained horse, ridden by Paul Townend, has been magnificent in this race over the last two years and it’ll take a performance of high class to beat him over these famous fences this afternoon. If he does triumph for a third year in a row he will be repeating the feat achieved by Best Mate from 2002 to 2004.
If anyone is to defeat him then the best bet looks to be Inothewayurthinkin who is on offer at 6/1 and has put in a number of promising recent showings. Elsewhere, punters might well be backing Banbridge who clinched the King George VI Chase earlier this season, and goes off at 7/1, or Monty’s Star at 8/1 who will be ridden by Rachael Blackmore. Blackmore enjoyed a Thursday to remember at Cheltenham with victories in the Mares’ Novices Hurdle and the Stayers’ Hurdle. Could she make it a remarkable hat-trick by triumphing in the Gold Cup?
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