Galopin Des Champs remains on course for Gold Cup hat-trick bid

Willie Mullins has withdrawn Embassy Gardens and Minella Cocooner from Cheltenham contention. 
Galopin Des Champs remains on course for Gold Cup hat-trick bid

THREE-PEAT: Galopin Des Champs, winner of the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Saturday, is odds-on favourite to win a third consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cup. Pic: Shauna Clinton, Sportsfile

Dual winner Galopin Des Champs leads the way as 15 horses remain in contention for next month's Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Willie Mullins' charge is odds-on to become the first three-time winner of the Festival showpiece since Best Mate in 2004 having claimed another tremendous success in Saturday's Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown.

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