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Cheltenham Gold Cup day has finally arrived to bring the 2025 Cheltenham Festival to an inevitable dramatic close with history on the line for the legendary Galopin Des Champs.

Tips as Rachael Blackmore hunts Ryanair Chase glory among day three races - Fact To File is favourite for the Ryanair Chase and Teahupoo is aiming to defend his crown in the Stayers’ Hurdle on a packe ...

Inothewayurthinkin has won the Gold Cup at the final day of the Cheltenham Festival. General admission for the Gold Cup has sold out, with nearly 70,000 spectators gathered at Prestbury Park.

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Galopin Des Champs' surprise Gold Cup failure peaked a profitable week for bookies. William Hill spokesman Lee Phelps said: “The 2025 Cheltenham Festival has been a rollercoaster four days in ...

The Cheltenham Festival reaches its conclusion with the iconic Gold Cup at 4pm GMT Galopin Des Champs denied historic third straight Gold Cup by Inothewayurthinkin in big upset 100/1 shot Poniros ...

Soon after the race finished, Cheltenham said in a statement — on the X account of ITV, the British broadcaster for the festival — that one of the runners, Corbetts Cross, died after falling at a ...

The 2025 Cheltenham Festival comes to a climax with the running of the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup, the fixture's signature prize. History could be made this year as the Willie Mullins-trained ...

Galopin Des Champs IS NOT the most popular horse with Ladbrokes punters for this year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup. The 4/7 favourite to win the Festival’s showpiece renewal for a third time in ...

But at least it meant Dobey was able to get off early to Cheltenham Festival. He's lined up watching the Gold Cup on Friday. The North East star Dobey will then swap sports again - to watch his ...