Five days after his retirement was confirmed, Galopin Des Champs sustained a fatal leg injury in his paddock (September 2026).
Trained by Willie Mullins and ridden by Paul Townend, he won the 2023 and 2024 Cheltenham Gold Cup and the 2023, 2024 and 2025 Irish Gold Cup.
In all he won 12 Grade 1 races and nearly £2m in prize money. See all our Galopin Des Champs prints
