US EditionInothewayurthinkin pulls off upset to win Gold Cup
- In the fifth race on Friday afternoon at the Cheltenham Festival in Gloucestershire, Inothewayurthinkin, ridden by Mark Walsh and trained by Gavin Cromwell, won the Gold Cup, beating overwhelming favorite Galopin Des Champs.
- The Gold Cup is the feature race of the four-day Festival held each March.
- Corbetts Cross, an eight-year-old trained by Emmet Mullins and ridden by Jack Kennedy, who had previous wins in Ireland at Fairyhouse and Limerick and won the National Hunt Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Novices' Chase at Cheltenham last year, fell at the last of the 22 fences on the 3m2f Gold Cup circuit.
- Veterinary professionals immediately attended to Corbetts Cross after the fall, but the horse sadly sustained a fatal injury.
- Cheltenham issued a statement relaying that Corbetts Cross was immediately attended to by veterinary professionals but sustained a fatal injury, resulting in contrasting emotions for owner JP McManus, who also owns the winning horse, Inothewayurthinkin.
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Race horse Corbetts Cross dies after fall in Cheltenham Gold Cup
Corbetts Cross was competing in Friday’s Gold Cup (Picture: Sportsfile via Getty Images) Race horse Corbetts Cross has died following a fatal fall in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The JP McManus-owned gelding, ridden by Jack Kennedy, fell during the latter stages of Friday’s show-piece event at the Festival, won by Inothewayurthinkin. The horse is the second to suffer a fatal injury this week after Springwell Bay, who fell on Thursday in the Jack Ric…
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