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 2009 | Grade 1 | 3 miles 2 1/2 furlongs | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | KAUTO STAR | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | Mr Clive D Smith 7/4 fav |
| 2 | DENMAN | Sam Thomas | Paul Nicholls | Mrs M Findlay, Paul Barber 7/1 |
| 3 | EXOTIC DANCER | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill | Sir Robert Ogden 8/1 |
| 4 | NEPTUNE COLLOGNES | Christian Williams | Paul Nicholls | Mr John Hales 15/2 |
| 5 | MY WILL | Nick Schofield | Paul Nicholls | The Stewart Family 100/1 |
| 6 | ROLL ALONG | Graham Lee | Carl Llewellyn | Bryan & Philippa Burrough 40/1 |
| 7 | BARBERS SHOP | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson | HM The Queen 10/1 |
| 8 | MADISON DU BERLAIS | Tom Scudamore | David Pipe | Roger Stanley, Yvonne Reynolds 10/1 |
| 9 | ALBERTAS RUN | Dominic Elsworth | Jonjo O'Neill | Mr Trevor Hemmings 14/1 |
| 10 | KNOWHERE | Paddy Brennan | Nigel Twiston-Davies | Mr H R Mould 100/1 |
| 11 | CERIUM | Keith Mercer | Paul Murphy | Mrs J E Wilson 300/1 |
| 12 | AIR FORCE ONE | Noel Fehily | Charlie Mann | Mr Brian Walsh 16/1 |
| 13 | STAR DE MOHAISON | Timmy Murphy | Paul Nicholls | Sir Robert Ogden 20/1 |
| 14 | MIKO DE BEAUCHENE | Andrew Thorton | Robert & Sue Alner | Mr Andrew Wiles 150/1 |
| 15 | SNOOPY LOOPY | Seamus Durack | Peter Bowen | Walters Plant Hire et al 66/1 |
| 16 | HALCON GENLARDAIS | Robert Thornton | Alan King | Mr I Payne 40/1 |
| Over round 117% | ||||
| This race was held on Friday 13th March 2009 when Kauto Star beat Denman and Exotic Dancer by 13 lengths and 2 1/2 lengths | ||||