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 2010 | Grade 1 | 3 miles 2 1/2 furlongs | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | IMPERIAL COMMANDER | Paddy Brennan | Nigel Twiston-Davies | Our Friends in the North 7/1 |
| 2 | DENMAN | Tony McCoy | Paul Nicholls | Paul Barber, Mrs M Findlay 4/1 |
| 3 | MON MOME | Aidan Coleman | Venetia Williams | Mrs Vida Bingham 50/1 |
| 4 | CARRUTHERS | Mattie Batchelor | Mark Bradstock | The Oaksey Partnership 33/1 |
| 5 | COOLDINE | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins (Ire) | Mrs Violet O'Leary 10/1 |
| 6 | CALGARY BAY | Graham Lee | Henrietta Knight | Mrs T P Radford 50/1 |
| 7 | MY WILL | Nick Schofield | Paul Nicholls | The Stewart Family 80/1 |
| 8 | CERIUM | Davy Russell | Paul Murphy | Mrs J E Wilson 200/1 |
| 9 | TRICKY TRICKSTER | Barry Geraghty | Paul Nicholls | Mr Chris Giles 12/1 |
| 10 | MR POINTMENT | Ken Whelan | Paul Murphy | Mr Philip Andrew 250/1 |
| 11 | KAUTO STAR | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | Mr Clive D Smith 8/11 fav |
| Over round 117% | ||||
| This race was held on Friday 19th March 2010 when Imperial Commander beat Denman and Mon Mome by 7 lengths and 23 lengths | ||||