Mark Walsh secured victory on Inothewayurthinkin for trainer Gavin Cromwell and owner JP McManus.

Mark Walsh secured victory on Inothewayurthinkin for trainer Gavin Cromwell and owner JP McManus.

Inothewayurthinkin wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup as Galopin Des Champs is denied a historic hat-trick.

CHELTENHAM, England :Inothewayurthinkin, a 15/2 shot trained by Gavin Cromwell and ridden by Mark Walsh, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday and denied odds-on favourite Galopin Des Champs a third successive victory.Galopin Des Champs (1/2) finished second and 40/1 Gentlemansgame was third."I'm danci

It was an impressive run for Inothewayurthinkin to beat Galopin Des Champs.

The Willie Mullins' trained horse Galopin Des Champs was looking for a third successive Gold Cup and a place among Cheltenham Festival's pantheon of greats

Inothewayurthinkin has won the Cheltenham Gold Cup after Galopin Des Champs narrowly missed the chance to complete a stunning hat-trick

It wasn't to be for one punter who had put £50,000 on Galopin Des Champs to win - hoping to secure an easy £25,000 profit.

Galopin Des Champs didn't do the business on Friday to make it a hat-trick of Gold Cup successes, but nevertheless it was a very successful Cheltenham Festival for Willie Mullins

It was another incredible day at the Cheltenham Festival for Willie Mullins despite Galopin Des Champs' Gold Cup defeat

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is upon us, with the winner on Friday taking home a significant portion of the record-breaking prize fund on offer at the Festival this year

CHELTENHAM, England : Poniros, a 100/1 jumps debutant owned by the big-betting chairman of Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion and ridden by a jockey who had planned to be elsewhere, stunned Cheltenham with an opening win on Gold Cup Friday.Trained by Willie Mullins, former flat racer Poniros pipped Lu

Galopin Des Champs is aiming to make history at the Cheltenham Festival

Poniros won at odds of 100/1 under jockey Jonjo O'Neill