A Mug's Game: When it's not your week it's not your week
Mullins claim Gold Cup again but your correspondent can't transmute the €21.12 he carried over from the first three days into something a little more respectable
The Jukebox Man ridden by Ben Jones during the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase on day four. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA
The final day and all manner of questions present themselves. In order of importance they go something like this… Will The Jukebox Man win the Gold Cup for God, England and Saint ‘Arry?
Will Willie win the first two or three races and if so with which of his runners? And does he have any better an idea who those runners are than we have, given that 12 months ago he took the Triumph Hurdle with a 100/1 shot?
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