The best Gold Cup-winning performances of the last 25 years
HATS OFF: Jockey Ruby Walsh aboard Kauto Star celebrates after winning the 2007 Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase. Pic: Paul Mohan / SPORTSFILE
It was billed as the day Galopin Des Champs would join Best Mate, Arkle, and Cottage Rake as a three-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner but the Willie Mullins-trained nine-year-old ultimately had no answer for an inspired Inothewayurthinkin in this year’s Festival feature.
Where does Friday’s triumph rank in comparison to the other 24 winning efforts in the opening quarter of this century?
