Gaelic Warrior routs Gold Cup field and carries Mullins into record books

Well-backed favourite is trainer’s fifth winner in race Jockey Townend out on his own with five successes A capacity crowd had squeezed into the grandstands on Friday hoping to see a football legend lift the festival’s biggest prize, but the greatest trainer in National Hunt history had other ideas. The Gold Cup was one of the last races at the meeting to elude Willie Mullins until his first win in 2019. Now, he has five, joining Tom Dreaper, Arkle’s trainer, as the co-holder of the all-tim...

By Greg Wood at Cheltenham