The final day of the Cheltenham Festival was to provide no respite for punters as both Kauto Star and Denman were beaten by 7/1 shot Imperial Commander, who romped up the hill to take the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

'This year's Gold Cup was billed as the Decider and it certainly settled the battle between punters and bookmakers at the Festival as Imperial Commander's victory at 7/1 landed the knockout blow,' said totesport spokesman George Primarolo. 'The betting public will be licking their wounds for a long time to come.'

Looking ahead to next year's festival, Imperial Commander is the 3/1 favourite for next year's totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup with Kauto Star a 7/2 shot. Denman is next in the market at 5/1. Mon Mome ran a cracker in this year's renewal to finish third and he is now 12/1 (from 25/1) to land back-to-back Grand Nationals in April.

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John Smith's Grand National - totesport bet: 10 Big Fella Thanks, 12 (from 25) Mon Mome, Black Apalachi, Niche Market, Tricky Trickster, 16 Backstage, Vic Venturi, 20 Arbor Supreme, 25 Albertas Run, Character Building, Chief Dan George, Comply Or Die, Snowy Morning, State Of Play, 28 Dream Alliance, 33 bar.

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2011 Champion Hurdle – totesport bet: 7/2 Binocular, 10 Menorah, Get Me Out Of Here, Dunguib.

1/4 1-2-3

2011 Champion Chase – totesport bet: 3 Big Zeb, 8 Sizing Europe

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2011 World Hurdle – totesport bet: Evs Big Buck's, 10 Peddlers Cross, Time For Rupert.

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2011 totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup – sponsors bet: 3 Imperial Commander, 7/2 Kauto Star, 5 Denman, 8 Weapons Amnesty.

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