Fact To File bounces back with 'helluva performance' to beat Galopin Des Champs
Fact To File, with Mark Walsh up, jumps the last on the way to winning the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown. Pic: Thomas Doolin/Sportsfile
Fact To File bounced back to his brilliant best and proved he does indeed stay three miles with a superb performance to win the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup.
Stablemate Galopin Des Champs was sent off the 15-8 favourite to win the Leopardstown showpiece for a fourth consecutive year but the dual Cheltenham Gold Cup hero had to settle for third, behind the Mark Walsh-ridden winner and Gaelic Warrior.
