Cheltenham Festival LIVE: 5:30 result, tips and latest odds after exciting Gold Cup race

On the final straight, Time Leader makes an tidy jump. Its On The Line takes the lead as Sine Nomine drifts to the right looking to kick on.

Time Leader moves out to come past Ferns Lock with Sine Nomine making a move.

The head past the grandstand and make their way out onto the back side of the course. Its On The Line is holding with the leaders but From The Heart and Ramillies have pulled up and won’t finish the race.

Ferns Lock looks a bit shaky with his jumping. He keeps shifting out to the right and it’s a good thing he’s currently out in front. Shantou Flyer and Time Leader are tracking close behind.

Ferns Lock and Its On The Line move up the field along with Billaway to increase the pace at the front of the field.

And they’re off! Shantou Flyer takes the early lead in the Hunters’ Chase which is the same length as the Gold Cup race.

Have we all calmed down yet? Here are the odds for the next race:

Its On The Line 11/8

Ferns Lock 10/3

Billaway 7/1

Premier Magic 8/1

Sine Nomine 8/1

Samcro 25/1

Quintins Man 28/1

Time Leader 40/1

Shantou Flyer 40/1

Django 80/1

Ramillies 100/1

From The Heart 200/1

Odds via Oddschecker

Here’s what trainer Willie Mullins had to say after back-to-back Gold Cup victories for Galopin Des Champs.

“He has put himself in the superstar category. What he did, the way he did it, with that loose horse and Paul being so positive on him... We’ll be coming back next year to win a third if we can. He has the ability to do it, we just have to stay sound.

“The loose horse was the only concern. Maybe he hit one fence early but after that, it was very easy. Paul was in the position he wanted and seemed to be travelling easy on him all the time.

“He's doing everything right, achieving more than I thought he could. It was great to win the Gold Cup last year, and if he was safe and sound, then we thought he could win. But you don't believe those things, you dream them.”

Here;s what jockey Paul Townend had to say about the Gold Cup victory.

“It’s unbelievable. We had to go into reserves that I wasn’t sure were there. We rode a completely different race to last year, so it was great for me. We were a bit in between at the last,= and I was afraid we wouldn’t have enough but it’s the Gold Cup and we had to do it. We pulled out all the stops.

On what makes Galopin Des Champs a champion: “His heart probably. Even the two times he got beat, we were never really going to win and I was so disappointed but looking back, he was still there at finish. That shows how tough a horse he is. Today we had to go for reserves that only the really special ones have.”