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Sir Alex Ferguson wins back-to-back Cheltenham races – then targets a treble

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Sir Alex Ferguson secured back-to-back wins at Cheltenham – then immediately told Telegraph Sport he was targeting a 1999-style treble. Ferguson, 82, was in jubilant mood in the paddock after ending his 20-year wait as part-owner for a winner at the festival. 

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Galopin Des Champs joins Gold Cup greats by retaining Cheltenham crown

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Galopin Des Champs became only the eighth horse in the 100 years of the Boodles Gold Cup to win jump racing’s blue riband more than once when he came home three and half lengths clear of Gerri Colombe in stamina-sapping conditions at Cheltenham yesterday.

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Willie Mullins secures 100th Cheltenham Festival winner – why he is so good

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The only man who has made more money than Willie Mullins at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival is the tractor driver on the evening shift pulling vehicles out of the car park, but the trainer’s bandwagon, which morphed at some stage into a steamroller, does not need pushing or pulling and it has no brakes.

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State Man keeps up Willie Mullins’ domination of Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival

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State Man, the 2-5 favourite, gave trainer Willie Mullins his fifth Champion Hurdle victory at the Cheltenham Festival and jockey Paul Townend his maiden win in the race when coming home by a length and a quarter.

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