Legendary jockey Rachael Blackmore stormed home to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in a thrilling victory on A Plus Tard.
Henry De Bromhead celebrated another one-two in the Cheltenham centrepiece race headed by a Blackmore win which stretched to 15 lengths
It could have been an even bigger win but Blackmore never found much room in running as Aye Right, Asterion Forlonge and Al Boum Photo took up the running.
Yet it was clear that Blackmore was on the class horse in the race in the Cheveley Park Stud red, white and blue silks as the 3/1 favourite extended a lead with the might of Galvin and Al Boum Photo nowhere to be seen.
After taking a momentous Grand National, Blackmore became a Gold Cup winning jockey, making good for the second place last year on A Plus Tard.
De Bromhead's Minella Indo (7/1) ran another stormer to finish second with Dan Skelton's Protektorat (10/1), part-owned by Sir Alex Ferguson, running with credit to finish in third.
A Plus Tard means "see you later" in French and the eight-year-old lived up to his name by leaving the field for dust. Meanwhile, Blackmore has added gold to her glittering career.
Blackmore told ITV Racing: "I just can't believe it. I'm so lucky to be getting to ride all these kind of horses.
"You can't do this without the horses and being attached to Henry's yard is just absolutely phenomenal. To give me this horse is unbelievable I don't know what to say.
"I've had so many special days. I wouldn't swap the Grand National for anything, but this is the Gold Cup. I wish I had something better to say right now. I just can't.
"You have all these plans about how things are going to work out. Racing doesn't let that happen all the time and for some reason it's happened to me today. I just can't explain how lucky I feel."
De Bromhead said: "The class of him there - he was so impressive and Indo ran an absolute blinder as well, he really did. He was brilliant as well. It's incredible stuff.
"Rachael was brilliant on him. Rachael was so brave, the way she went about it, it was brilliant.
"She was really brave. I've kind of got to that stage that if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. They both got a lovely passage. Robbie (Power) was brilliant on Indo and Rachael amazing on A Plus Tard.
"It definitely does (feel different this year), just the crowds looking here at the stand - it's just incredible. This is what it's all about.
"It was amazing to win it last year, but it's triple amazing this year with all the people here."
Richard Thompson, of owners Cheveley Park Stud, said: "We've been talking about this moment, and it's happened. It's absolutely fantastic to win the Gold Cup. Incredible.
"My father (the late David Thompson) would have loved it, he watched the Gold Cup for many years and to actually win it is incredible. I can't even speak.
"I did feel she was a bit far back, but I knew she had a gameplan - she has totally delivered.
"What a day for racing."
