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The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 3 miles 2½ furlongs (5,331 metres) on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse during the Cheltenham Festival in March. There are twenty-two fences to be jumped in the race.
* Tied Cottage finished first in 1980 but was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.
It was first run in on March 12 1924, and is the most prestigious chase in Great Britain.
The most successful horse in Gold Cup history was Golden Miller, who won five times from 1932. Three other horses have won the race three times consecutively - Cottage Rake in 1948-1950, Arkle in 1964-1966 and Best Mate in 2002-2004. Trainer Michael Dickinson trained the first five horses home in the race in 1983. The finishing order was Bregawn, Captain John, Wayward Lad, Silver Buck and Ashley House.
Records
- Most successful horse - Golden Miller, 5 wins (1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936)
- Most successful jockey - Pat Taaffe, 4 wins (1964, 1965, 1966, 1968)
- Most successful trainer - Tom Dreaper, 5 wins (1946, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968)
- Most successful owner - Dorothy Paget, 7 wins (1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1952)
- Shortest odds winner - Arkle, 1/10 in 1966
- Longest odds winner - Norton's Coin, 100/1 in 1990
Winners
- Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
* Tied Cottage finished first in 1980 but was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.
Notes
- 1973 - Pendil was the odds-on favourite. He was called the winner coming to the final fence by Peter O'Sullevan. However, The Dikler rallied on the flat and just won. The next year Pendil was again odds-on favourite and was unluckily brought down three from home. He was ridden by current racing pundit Richard Pitman.
- 1974 - Captain Christy is the most recent novice to win the race.
- 1979 - Tied Cottage fell at the last fence when just leading Alverton. The next year he passed the post first only to be disqualified much later due to a drugs infringement.
- 1983 - The first five horses home were trained by Michael Dickinson. In order these were Bregawn, Captain John, Wayward Lad, Silver Buck and Ashley House.
- 1986 - Dawn Run became the only horse to have won both the Champion Hurdle and the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
- 1990 - Norton's Coin, the longest-priced winner of the race with odds of 100/1, is also the only Welsh-trained winner.
- 1991 - Five of the horses who took part won the race sometime during their career. These were previous winners Desert Orchid and Norton's Coin, future champions The Fellow and Cool Ground as well as the actual race winner Garrison Savannah.
- 1994 - The Fellow is the only Gold Cup winner to be trained in France.
- 1995 - Kim Bailey and Norman Williamson, with Alderbrook and Master Oats, are the latest of five trainer/jockey combinations to win the Champion Hurdle and the Gold Cup in the same year.
References
- PedigreeQuery.com
- Racing Post:
- 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- horseracinghistory.co.uk
- tbheritage.com
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