FAMOUS FIVE

Five fun facts about the Blue Riband race that is the Cheltenham Gold Cup...

1 There have been eight winning favourites in the last 15 runnings of the Gold Cup

2 Willie Mullins has never trained the winner of the Gold Cup 3 The last winner aged older than 10 was in 1969 (What A Myth, 12) 4 Thirteen of the last 15 winners have come from the top three in the betting

5 Only one horse (Kauto Star, 2007 and 2009) has ever regained the Cup