What's it like to win the Gold Cup? Find out from those who know

Top of the world: Nico de Boinville and Coneygree after winning the 2015 Gold CupCredit: Edward Whitaker

It may be the biggest week of the jump racing year and most people will tell you any win at the Cheltenham Festival should be savoured.

But there is a special place reserved in the sport's Pantheon for those who win the Magners Gold Cup, the race that comes as a churning climax to all that has gone before.

Here three who have scaled the summit retell their experiences of winning the ultimate prize.

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Scott BurtonFrance correspondent

Published on 12 March 2020inPreviews

Last updated 19:24, 12 March 2020

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