THE final day of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival saw an Irish-bred, Inothewayurthinkin, win the blue riband of National Hunt racing, the Grade 1 Boodles Gold Cup, while the other Grade 1 races on the day produced victories for a British and a French-bred.

The traditional opener on the final day, the Grade 1 JCB Triumph Hurdle, saw Willie Mullins saddle 11 of the 18 runners. While many were more fancied, and many pundits questioned whether a horse that hadn’t even run in a hurdle race should be allowed to compete, it was one of the latter that contributed significantly to another memorable Cheltenham for Mullins.