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Published 10:56 30 Mar 2017 BST
Add us as a preferred source on Google »One of the most prestigious and glamorous race days in Ireland is set to return this Sunday as the Irish Gold Cup takes place at Leopardstown.
Will it be a first win for leading National Hunt trainer Gordon Elliott or will it be a hat-trick for trainer John Kiely and Carlingford Lough?’
The only race meeting in Ireland to feature four Grade 1's on a single day, the race has provided us with some memorable moments down the years.
Here's some of our favourites, and here's to many more this weekend!
The Ashbourne man claimed Gold Cup victory on Forgive 'n' Forget. The triumph on home soil came just two years after winning the Cheltenham version on the same Jimmy FitzGerald-trained horse.
Dwyer becomes the most successful jockey in Irish Gold Cup history by riding Jodami to victory for the third year running. His record has yet to be matched, 22 years later.
The legendary trainer secured his first Gold Cup victory when Richard Dunwoody rode seven-year-old Florida Pearl home.
Pearl won again in 2000, 2001 and 2004 making him the Irish Gold Cup's most successful horse, as well as its oldest winner at 12 years of age.
This was the second time the horse he won with RIchard Johnson in the saddle.
Mullins continued to blow all else out of the water as Davy Russell rode Sir Des Champs to victory, securing the trainer's ninth Gold Cup.
The racing icon added the Irish Gold Cup to his prestigious list of honours on Carlingford Lough.
The 10-year-old strode home for the second year running, this time ridden by Mark Walsh.
