Complex sentence: It was the 77th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and was won by the pre-race favourite Kicking King, ridden by Barry Geraghty and trained by Tom Taaffe.
Split into simpler sentences: It was the 77th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Kicking King. The winner was ridden by Barry Geraghty and trained by Tom Taaffe.