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Cheltenham Gold Cup

Distance: 3m 2f
Details: (Grade 1) (Class 1) (5yo+)
Venue: Cheltenham
Race Type: Jumps
Next Running: Friday March 19th, 2010

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The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race.

It is run over a distance of 3 miles 2½ furlongs on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse and is the highlight of the Cheltenham Festival.

There are twenty-two fences to be jumped in the race.

First run on March 12, 1924, it is the most prestigious chase in Great Britain.

Winning Trends for the Cheltenham Gold Cup

Age Trend: Range: 7 - 9yo.

Trainer Trend: PF Nicholls has trained three winners in the last seven years. Miss HC Knight won this race three times with Best Mate (twice in the last seven years).

Favourite Trend: The favourite has won this five times in the last seven years. the top three in the betting has accounted for every winner in the last seven years.

Betting Offers on the Cheltenham Gold Cup

None at present.

Cheltenham Gold Cup Previous Winners

YEAR HORSE A/S TRAINER JOCKEY RAN SP
2009 Kauto Star (CD) 9g PF Nicholls R Walsh 16 7/4 (f)
2008 Denman (CD) 8g PF Nicholls S Thomas 12 9/4 (2f)
2007 Kauto Star 7g PF Nicholls R Walsh 18 5/4 (f)
2006 War Of Attrition 7g MF Morris C O'Dwyer 22 15/2 (3f)
2005 Kicking King 7g TJ Taaffe BJ Geraghty 15 4/1 (f)
2004 Best Mate (CD) 9g Miss H Knight J Culloty 10 8/11 (f)
2003 Best Mate (CD) 8g Miss H Knight J Culloty 15 13/8 (f)

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