Galopin Des Champs all the rage for Gold Cup after Leopardstown romp

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Last season�s Cheltenham Festival hero back to brilliant best Patrick and Danny Mullins square up after Limerick incidentGalopin Des Champs, last season�s Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, is top-priced at 13-8 for a repeat success at the Festival in March...

Last season�s Cheltenham Festival hero back to brilliant best Patrick and Danny Mullins square up after Limerick incident

Galopin Des Champs, last season�s Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, is top-priced at 13-8 for a repeat success at the Festival in March following a hugely impressive return to winning form in the Grade One Savills Chase at Leopardstown on Thursday.

Fastorslow, who had beaten Galopin Des Champs on his two previous starts, was a late absentee from the race as the ground deteriorated, but Willie Mullins�s seven-year-old was still sent off odds-against at 6-4, with Gerri Colombe, the short-head runner-up in the Brown Advisory Novice Chase at last season�s Festival, also well supported at 7-4.

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