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The Cheltenham Festival came to an end on Friday as the Gold Cup served up a shock result. Galopin Des Champs went for a third straight victory in the race, looking to become only the fifth horse to win the Gold Cup on three occasions,

Inothewayurthinkin won the Cheltenham Gold Cup as Galopin Des Champs was denied a historic hat-trick. The 15-2 winner, ridden by Mark Walsh for trainer Gavin Cromwell and owner JP McManus, charged clear up the hill to beat the gallant two-time victor by six lengths, with Gentlemansgame in third.

The Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle brought down the curtain on the Festival, as Gordon Elliott finally brought up his first winner of the week at the 28th time of asking, as Wodhooh proved too strong and completed an Irish sweep on Friday. Catch up on all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below!

The unpredictability of horse racing was hammered home as instead of joining Golden Miller, Cottage Rake, Arkle and Best Mate as three-time winners of the Boodles Gold Cup, Galopin Des Champs joined a succession of beaten odds-on shots at this year’s Festival after he was put firmly in his place by Inothewayurthinkin.

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.

Inothewayurthinkin denied Galopin Des Champs a third successive Cheltenham Gold Cup with a dramatic victory under jockey Mark Walsh, after four wins earlier in the day for trainer Willie Mullins. The shock result denied Mullins a fifth success from as many races,