Andrew Newton with the stats for the Sandown finale

As we head into April, the end of the month sees the curtain come down on another jumps season with the bet365 Gold Cup meeting at Sandown (Saturday 23rd April), the fixture that brings the hedge-hopping action to a close.
Run over a distance of 3m5f, it’s another race this month for the stayers, while the older readers out there will still remember this event as ‘The Whitbread Gold Cup’, who sponsored the contest from 1957 until 2001.
It’s had various backers since, but leading bookmaker bet365 are starti...