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Galopin Des Champs romps to Gold Cup victory

Reuters
Townsend celebrates his victory
Townsend celebrates his victoryReuters
Galopin Des Champs pulled away to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday, earning a third success in five years for jockey Paul Townend and trainer Willie Mullins.

The 7-5 favourite finished ahead of Bravemansgame (6-1) in second and Conflated (22-1) in third.

Ahoy Senor led for several jumps before suffering a heavy fall with six fences to go, forcing last year's winner A Plus Tard and jockey Rachael Blackmore off their line.

It wasn’t plain sailing, that’s for sure," Townend, who won twice on Al Boum Photo, told ITV racing.

"Everywhere I went there was a bit of trouble, his jumping just got a bit careful for the first circuit but going out I had full faith in him that he was going to get me out of trouble and he did."

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