The top two in the betting for next month’s Cheltenham Gold Cup will face each other for the third time in less than 12 months in the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Saturday, and while Fastorslow will go into their latest head-to-head two-nil up on Galopin Des Champs (3.35), Willie Mullins’s chaser will be a strong favourite to get one back ahead after an emphatic return to winning form at the track’s Christmas Festival.
Galopin Des Champs, who won Saturday’s race 12 months ago before following up at Cheltenham, is a 2-5 chance in the early betting, with Fastorslow available at 3-1 to make it three in a row against last year’s Gold Cup winner.
