Galopin Des Champs joined the list of Cheltenham Festival greats when brilliantly defending his Cheltenham Gold Cup crown in style for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend.
Galopin Des Champs joined the list of Cheltenham Festival greats by brilliantly defending his Gold Cup crown in style for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend. Having answered stamina doubts 12 months ago, the Mullins-trained Galopin Des Champs was ridden much handier this time by Paul Townend, as the last two Brown Advisory Novices' Chase winners, The Real Whacker and L'Homme Presse, set the pace.
Mullins and Townend were combining for their fourth Gold Cup triumph following Al Boum Photo's back-to-back triumphs in 2019 and 2020, and Galopin Des Champs' victory over Bravemansgame 12 months ago and it was a fitting way to cap a stellar week for the master of Closutton and his stable jockey. Townend told ITV Racing: 'Unbelievable. We had to draw on our reserves there. I rode him completely different to last year and he was just so brave for me.
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