Gold Cup
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The Gold Cup, the chasing crown, is a grade 1 race over 3 miles 2 furlongs and 70 yards and 22 fences of the New Course and is open to 5-year-olds and above. Although the first race at Cheltenham known as the Gold Cup was in July 1819, it was a flat race over 3 miles on the Cleeve Hill course and was won by Spectre owned by Mr Bodenham, and the race did continue for a number of years afterwards. However, it has no real connection with the present day pinnacle of National Hunt racing which was first contested on 12th March 1924 over 3 miles 3 furlongs. The race was not staged in 1931 due to frost, nor in 1937 due to flooding, and the Second World War prevented the race being held in both 1943 and 1944. |
| Early history:- The inaugural running of the Gold Cup was on 12th March 1924 over 3 miles 3 furlongs and was won by Red Splash (5/1) owned by Major Humphrey Wyndham, trained by Fred Withington and ridden by Dick Rees, beating Conjuror II (7/1) and Gerald L (5/1). | |
| Gold Cup 2007 | Grade 1 | 3 miles 2 1/2 furlongs | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | KAUTO STAR | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | Mr Clive D Smith 5/4 fav |
| 2 | EXOTIC DANCER | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill | Sir Robert Ogden 9/2 |
| 3 | TURPIN GREEN | Tony Dobbin | Nicky Richards | Mr Trevor Hemmings 40/1 |
| 4 | MONKERHOSTIN | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs | Mr M G St Quinton 25/1 |
| 5 | CANE BRAKE | David Casey | Tom Taaffe (Ire) | Mount Temple Racing 20/1 |
| 6 | STATE OF PLAY | Paul Moloney | Evan Williams | Mr & Mrs William Rucker 8/1 |
| 7 | L'AMI | Mick Fitzgerald | Francois Doumen | Mr John P McManus 16/1 |
| 8 | NEPTUNE COLLOGNES | Liam Heard | Paul Nicholls | Mr John Hales 50/1 |
| 9 | KINGSCLIFF | Robert Walford | Robert Alner | Mr A J Sendell 40/1 |
| 10 | FORGET THE PAST | Barry Geraghty | M J P O'Brien | Mr S Mulryan 25/1 |
| 11 | THE LISTENER | Daryl Jacob | Robert Alner | Lt R W Humphreys 14/1 |
| 12 | MY WILL | Sam Thomas | Paul Nicholls | The Stewart Family 16/1 |
| 13 | BEEF OR SALMON | Andrew McNamara | Michael Hourigan (Ire) | Mr B J Craig 16/1 |
| 14 | SYBELLIUS D'ARTAIX | James Davies | R Chotard | Mr F G Wilson 250/1 |
| 15 | MARBLE GARDEN | John Kington | R Chotard | Mr F G Wilson 250/1 |
| 16 | BOB BOB BOBBIN | Joe Tizzard | Colin Tizzard | Mrs Sarah Tizzard 100/1 |
| 17 | HALCON GENELARDAIS | Robert Thornton | Alan King | Mr I Payne 25/1 |
| 18 | IDLE TALK | Jason Maguire | Donald McCain | Mr Trevor Hemmings 50/1 |
| Over round 125% | ||||
| This race was held on Friday 16th March 2007 when Kauto Star beat Exotic Dancer and Turpin Green by 2 1/2 lengths and 2 1/2 lengths | ||||