Galvin a threat under Russell but Minella Indo should claim a second Gold Cup
Repeat Gold Cup winners are usually few and far between but I think everything is set up nicely for Minella Indo to join recent heroes Al Boum Photo, Kauto Star and Best Mate as a multiple winner on the roll of honour.
He loves Cheltenham, having won the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle before just getting beaten by Champ in the RSA and then adding the Gold Cup last year. You can draw a line through his King George run because they got it all wrong with him at Kempton, and I thought he ran really well in the Irish Gold Cup.
If circumstances were different Robbie Power might have ridden him differently and the result might have been different, but he knows the horse now and it at least showed he is back to himself. Minella Indo doesn’t usually run well at Leopardstown so it was really encouraging.
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