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Favourite Galopin Des Champs has won the Cheltenham Gold Cup after a brilliant ride by Paul Townend.
In a pulsating edition of the week's showpiece race, Galopin Des Champs avoided the carnage that forced two of the horses to pull up and another number to fall at two fences.
With Galopin Des Champs and Bravemansgame, trained by Paul Nicholls, going at it hammer and tong heading into the final two fences, the eventual winner avoided the mistake it made in last year's Turner's Novices' Chase which allowed Bob Olinger to claim victory.
Capping what has been another brilliant week for Willie Mullins at Cheltenham, Galopin Des Champs lived up to its pre-race favouritism in the market.
There had been serious questions hanging over the head of Galopin about whether he had the stamina to last the trip, with Mullins insisting he was ready
