‘Impressive Performance and Promising Future: A Rising Star with All the Right Credentials’
Even the As on their own would do most trainers, never mind the ones who start with the other 25 letters of the alphabet. Among the As are Allaho, Allegorie De Vassy, Appreciate It, Ashroe Diamond, Asterion Forlonge, and Aurora Vega. And long before we got to Zenta, it had become blatantly obvious that this Closutton team is absolutely awesome. As good as there has ever been here? Possibly. Only time will tell.
Where on earth do you even start? The Cheltenham Gold Cup winner deserves that right, I suppose. Galopin Des Champs may have lost his air of invincibility when beaten by Fastorslow at the end of a long and demanding campaign at Punchestown, but he was officially the best Gold Cup winner of the last decade after receiving a Racing Post Rating of 184 for that sizzling show on the day that mattered most. Willie Mullins is a creature of habit, so don’t expect him to meander away from the path that took Galopin Des Champs to the Cotswolds last year. That means two runs before March – the John Durkan Chase at the earlier date of November 26 and the Irish Gold Cup in early February.
[‘We really love him – his form was franked in the Greatwood and the obvious place to go now is a Grade 1’](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/stable-tours/we-really-love-him-his-form-was-franked-in-the-greatwood-and-the-obvious-place-to-go-now-is-a-grade-1-atuxw0k1AiDM/) [‘He’s a lovely, big horse and the form of his last race has worked out well – he has the potential to be nice this season’](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/stable-tours/hes-a-lovely-big-horse-and-the-form-of-his-last-race-has-worked-out-well-he-has-the-potential-to-be-nice-this-season-aeQLO0D4kkPw/) [‘Everything should be spot on for him in the Becher – he could even be one for the National’](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/stable-tours/everything-should-be-spot-on-for-him-in-the-becher-he-could-even-be-one-for-the-national-apCjo0E0leyN/) [‘She’s a brilliant jumper, will keep galloping forever and could be one for the Classic Chase’](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/stable-tours/emma-lavelle-shes-a-brilliant-jumper-will-keep-galloping-forever-and-could-be-one-for-the-classic-chase-aBDgJ7L4Xmdm/) [‘There’s plenty of room in her handicap mark and I think she’s one to follow this season’](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/stable-tours/theres-plenty-of-room-in-her-handicap-mark-and-i-think-shes-one-to-follow-this-season-acurF6M1FOZN/)
[‘We really love him – his form was franked in the Greatwood and the obvious place to go now is a Grade 1’](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/stable-tours/we-really-love-him-his-form-was-franked-in-the-greatwood-and-the-obvious-place-to-go-now-is-a-grade-1-atuxw0k1AiDM/) [‘He’s a lovely, big horse and the form of his last race has worked out well – he has the potential to be nice this season’](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/stable-tours/hes-a-lovely-big-horse-and-the-form-of-his-last-race-has-worked-out-well-he-has-the-potential-to-be-nice-this-season-aeQLO0D4kkPw/) [‘Everything should be spot on for him in the Becher – he could even be one for the National’](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/stable-tours/everything-should-be-spot-on-for-him-in-the-becher-he-could-even-be-one-for-the-national-apCjo0E0leyN/) [‘She’s a brilliant jumper, will keep galloping forever and could be one for the Classic Chase’](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/stable-tours/emma-lavelle-shes-a-brilliant-jumper-will-keep-galloping-forever-and-could-be-one-for-the-classic-chase-aBDgJ7L4Xmdm/) [‘There’s plenty of room in her handicap mark and I think she’s one to follow this season’](https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/stable-tours/theres-plenty-of-room-in-her-handicap-mark-and-i-think-shes-one-to-follow-this-season-acurF6M1FOZN/)