The 2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup could be a notable chapter in the race’s illustrious history if Galopin Des Champs can follow in the hoofprints of Best Mate and become the second horse in the 21st century to claim three successive wins.
In truth, a decisive win from the reigning champion is little more than the prestigious race deserves, although there have been astonishing results in the past, not least when Norton’s Coin, trained by Welsh dairy farmer Sirrel Griffiths, produced one of the all-time sporting shocks when landing the 1990 renewal at staggering odds of 100/1.
