CORAL PUNCHESTOWN GOLD CUP (GRADE 1)

In a series of seismic results that saw all the momentum swing to Willie Mullins in the trainers’ championship, Bellshill rebounded from an unlucky defeat in a gruelling Irish Grand National to lead home a one-two for the yard in the Punchestown Gold Cup. The Andrea and Graham Wylie-owned chaser was also serving notice of his emergence as a staying chaser of the highest quality.