Galopin Des Champs, trained by Willie Mullins, will aim for a remarkable hat-trick in the festival’s flagship race
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The algorithm then attributed each competing horse with a similarity score from 1 to -1 depending on how well they match these winning characteristics, to identify the horses most likely to triumph at this year’s festival. The computer gave Galopin des Champs a similarity score of 0.807 and showed a 17.5% chance of taking home the Gold Cup for a third year running. This would be a historic feat, with no horse having ever completed a Gold Cup hat-trick. Other key contenders identified by the model include Banbridge, Monty’s Star, and Corbetts Cross.
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