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'Our DNA are horses' - Morgan family celebrating a notable Gold Cup century

Tom Peacock speaks to a breeder with a direct connection to the very first running of the Cheltenham highlight

The finish to the 1924 Cheltenham Gold Cup won by Red Splash (nearest)
The finish to the 1924 Cheltenham Gold Cup won by Red Splash (nearest)

This centenary year of the Cheltenham Gold Cup will bring memories and montages about the most famous moments of National Hunt racing’s pinnacle.

Be it Golden Miller, Arkle and Mill House, Best Mate, Kauto Star or Desert Orchid in the snow, everyone will have one that is important to them.

There are many links and ties between Taaffes, Mullinses, Nicholsons and other racing clans, but there is one family to which 2024 will be particularly special as they have a direct connection to the very first renewal.

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