Cheltenham Gold Cup Totally Explained

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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. 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".

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1924	Red Splash	5	Dick Rees	Fred Withington
1925	Ballinode	9	Ted Leader	Frank Morgan
1926	Koko	8	Tim Hamey	Alfred Bickley
1927	Thrown In	11	Mr Hugh Grosvenor	Owen Anthony
1928	Patron Saint	5	Dick Rees	Stanley Harrison
1929	Easter Hero	9	Dick Rees	Jack Anthony
1930	Easter Hero	10	Tommy Cullinan	Jack Anthony
1931	no race 1931 *
1932	Golden Miller	5	Ted Leader	Basil Briscoe
1933	Golden Miller	6	Billy Stott	Basil Briscoe
1934	Golden Miller	7	Gerry Wilson	Basil Briscoe
1935	Golden Miller	8	Gerry Wilson	Basil Briscoe
1936	Golden Miller	9	Evan Williams	Owen Anthony
1937	no race 1937 *
1938	Morse Code	9	Danny Morgan	Ivor Anthony
1939	Brendan's Cottage	9	George Owen	George Beeby
1940	Roman Hackle	7	Evan Williams	Owen Anthony
1941	Poet Prince	9	Roger Burford	Ivor Anthony
1942	Medoc II	8	Frenchie Nicholson	Reg Hobbs
1943	no race 1943-44 *
1945	Red Rower	11	Davy Jones	Lord Stalbridge
1946	Prince Regent	11	Tim Hyde	Tom Dreaper
1947	Fortina	6	Mr Richard Black	Hector Christie
1948	Cottage Rake	9	Aubrey Brabazon	Vincent O'Brien
1949	Cottage Rake	10	Aubrey Brabazon	Vincent O'Brien
1950	Cottage Rake	11	Aubrey Brabazon	Vincent O'Brien
1951	Silver Fame	12	Martin Molony	George Beeby
1952	Mont Tremblant	6	Dave Dick	Fulke Walwyn
1953	Knock Hard	9	Tim Molony	Vincent O'Brien
1954	Four Ten	8	Tommy Cusack	John Roberts
1955	Gay Donald	9	Tony Grantham	Jim Ford
1956	Limber Hill	9	Jimmy Power	Bill Dutton
1957	Linwell	9	Michael Scudamore	Charlie Mallon
1958	Kerstin	8	Stan Hayhurst	Verly Bewicke
1959	Roddy Owen	10	Bobby Beasley	Danny Morgan
1960	Pas Seul	7	Bill Rees	Bob Turnell
1961	Saffron Tartan	10	Fred Winter	Don Butchers
1962	Mandarin	11	Fred Winter	Fulke Walwyn
1963	Mill House	6	Willie Robinson	Fulke Walwyn
1964	Arkle	7	Pat Taaffe	Tom Dreaper
1965	Arkle	8	Pat Taaffe	Tom Dreaper
1966	Arkle	9	Pat Taaffe	Tom Dreaper
1967	Woodland Venture	7	Terry Biddlecombe	Fred Rimell
1968	Fort Leney	10	Pat Taaffe	Tom Dreaper
1969	What a Myth	12	Paul Kelleway	Ryan Price
1970	L'Escargot	7	Tommy Carberry	Dan Moore
1971	L'Escargot	8	Tommy Carberry	Dan Moore
1972	Glencaraig Lady	8	Frank Berry	Francis Flood
1973	The Dikler	10	Ron Barry	Fulke Walwyn
1974	Captain Christy	7	Bobby Beasley	Pat Taaffe
1975	Ten Up	8	Tommy Carberry	Jim Dreaper
1976	Royal Frolic	7	John Burke	Fred Rimell
1977	Davy Lad	7	Dessie Hughes	Mick O'Toole
1978	Midnight Court	7	John Francome	Fred Winter
1979	Alverton	9	Jonjo O'Neill	Peter Easterby
1980	Master Smudge *	8	Richard Hoare	Arthur Barrow
1981	Little Owl	7	Mr Jim Wilson	Peter Easterby
1982	Silver Buck	10	Robert Earnshaw	Michael Dickinson
1983	Bregawn	9	Graham Bradley	Michael Dickinson
1984	Burrough Hill Lad	8	Phil Tuck	Jenny Pitman
1985	Forgive 'n Forget	8	Mark Dwyer	Jimmy FitzGerald
1986	Dawn Run	8	Jonjo O'Neill	Paddy Mullins
1987	The Thinker	9	Ridley Lamb	Arthur Stephenson
1988	Charter Party	10	Richard Dunwoody	David Nicholson
1989	Desert Orchid	10	Simon Sherwood	David Elsworth
1990	Norton's Coin	9	Graham McCourt	Sirrel Griffiths
1991	Garrison Savannah	8	Mark Pitman	Jenny Pitman
1992	Cool Ground	10	Adrian Maguire	Toby Balding
1993	Jodami	8	Mark Dwyer	Peter Beaumont
1994	The Fellow	9	Adam Kondrat	François Doumen
1995	Master Oats	9	Norman Williamson	Kim Bailey
1996	Imperial Call	7	Conor O'Dwyer	Fergie Sutherland
1997	Mr Mulligan	9	Tony McCoy	Noel Chance
1998	Cool Dawn	10	Andrew Thornton	Robert Alner
1999	See More Business	9	Mick Fitzgerald	Paul Nicholls
2000	Looks Like Trouble	8	Richard Johnson	Noel Chance
2001	no race 2001 *
2002	Best Mate	7	Jim Culloty	Henrietta Knight
2003	Best Mate	8	Jim Culloty	Henrietta Knight
2004	Best Mate	9	Jim Culloty	Henrietta Knight
2005	Kicking King	7	Barry Geraghty	Tom Taaffe
2006	War of Attrition	7	Conor O'Dwyer	Mouse Morris
2007	Kauto Star	7	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2008	Denman	8	Sam Thomas	Paul Nicholls

* Cancellations have been due to frost (1931), flooding (1937), World War II (1943, 1944) and a foot-and-mouth crisis (2001).
* Tied Cottage finished first in 1980 but was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.Further Information

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