Cheltenham Gold Cup

Leopardstown crowd show their love as Galopin Des Champs completes Irish Gold Cup hat-trick

Willie Mullins’s star chaser stamped his authority on the race to win by four and three-quarter lengths

Fact To File clear Gold Cup favourite after exciting Durkan finish signals changing of the guard

Willie Mullins star beats Spillane’s Tower by half a length with reigning dual-Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs in third

Gaelic Warrior not ruled out of swift Fairyhouse return

Should Gaelic Warrior be given more time to recuperate Blood Destiny is likely to try to give Mullins a sixth successive win in the race

Cheltenham: Irish re-establish dominance on final day as Willie Mullins adds Gold Cup to his haul

Retired football managers turned horse owners Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp run out of luck after extraordinary winning streak on Thursday

Cheltenham 2024 day four as it happened: Galopin Des Champs wins Gold Cup for Mullins

It’s Gold Cup day as Ireland looks to hit back following a successful Thursday for British trainers

Galopin Des Champs set to join legends by successfully defending Cheltenham Gold Cup

Repeat of his superb Christmas display at Leopardstown likely to make Willie Mullins star Galopin Des Champs hard to beat in Gold Cup

Charlie Deutsch aiming to scale Cheltenham Gold Cup heights on L’Homme Presse

English jockey Charlie Deutsch will bid for the Gold Cup having rejuvenated his career after serving a 2½ month prison sentence in 2018

Half a century after first Cheltenham win, Mouse Morris pursues more Gold Cup glory

Cheltenham 2024: ‘The fact that it is four days has diluted the racing enormously, which is terribly sad’ – Edward O’Grady

Spectators voting with their feet as Cheltenham’s competitive appeal gets spread too thin

The 2023 Cheltenham Festival attracted 40,000 less fans than in 2022 – has the bloated festival menu diminished a vital competitive ingredient?

Willie Mullins is even-money to outscore Britain on his own at Cheltenham Festival

Champion trainer notched record 10 winners at 2022 festival including 1,518-1 five-timer on final day

Dublin Racing Festival: Fastorslow among those trying to gatecrash Willie Mullins party

Champion trainer is set to saddle 50 runners at Leopardstown - he has 31 per cent of the runners on Saturday’s card

Ain’t That A Shame battles to Thyestes triumph

Henry de Bromhead-trained horse recovers from Grand National disaster to triumph in Kilkenny

Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning horse A Plus Tard has retired

Rachael Blackmore won the Gold Cup on the famous horse, which rocketed to 15-length success that day

Galopin Des Champs tops 20 Cheltenham Gold Cup contenders

Factorslow and Bravemansgame in line to pose a stiff challenge for reigning champion Galopin Des Champs in the Cheltenham Gold Cup

Galopin Des Champs produces display for the ages with spectacular Savills success

Gold Cup champion routs Gerri Colombe by massive 23 lengths as Mullins acclaims “huge performance”

Jack Kennedy underlines how jockey generation gap has been closed in style

Race riding standards still high in Ireland despite retirement of golden generation

Trends followers look off the mark when it comes to subsequent fortunes of Gold Cup winners

Bending statistics to fit a fashionable theory doesn’t stack up when it comes to the Cheltenham Gold Cup

Gordon Elliott faces uphill battle in trainers’ championship despite purple patch

Marine Nationale’s chasing debut could be delayed to Christmas due to testing ground conditions

‘We travel with hope’: Russell in pursuit of Aintree Bowl success with Ahoy Senor

Eight-year-old who fell at 17th fence in Cheltenham Gold Cup is ‘thriving’ ahead of Aintree, says trainer

Cheltenham Gold Cup winning jockey Bryan Cooper announces retirement

Co Kerry jockey’s wins in his career included the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2016

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