Cheltenham Gold Cup

Next Running: 13th March 2009

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is part of Cheltenham racecourse festival held every year in March.

It is a Grade 1 National Hunt race for five-year-olds and above, the horses run a distance of 3 miles 2½ furlongs on the new course at Cheltenham Racecourse and are faced with twenty two challenging fences.

The race is very popular with spectators and punters alike and the stands are always full to capacity to watch this race as it's the championship for staying chasers in the national hunt season.

As with many of the top races around the world like the Epsom Derby, lightly raced horses perform well here as the best horses are kept wrapped in cotton-wool and prepared at home for the big race. Therefore try to look for horses that have had fourteen or less races.

Also as this is a real stamina test with a stiff uphill finish, look for horses with form over three plus miles. Anything that's only just stayed three miles before will almost certainly not be good enough to win this event.

Perhaps one of the more famous horses to win there is Best Mate who won in 2002, 2003, 2004. The record however goes to a horse called Golden Miller who won this race five times from 1932.

Race Facts
Age Limit	5yo+
Distance	3m2f
Entrants	Open

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Previous Winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Odds
2008	Denman	Sam Thomas	Paul F Nicholls
2008	Rainbow View (USA)	J Fortune	J H M Gosden	4/7 f
2007	Kauto Star	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2006	War of Attrition	Conor O'Dwyer	Mouse Morris
2005	Kicking King	Barry Geraghty	Tom Taaffe
2004	Best Mate	Jim Culloty	Henrietta Knight
2003	Best Mate	Jim Culloty	Henrietta Knight
2002	Best Mate	Jim Culloty	Henrietta Knight
2001	Meeting Abandoned
2000	Looks Like Trouble	Richard Johnson	Noel Chance
1999	See More Business	Mick Fitzgerald	Paul Nicholls
1998	Cool Dawn	Andrew Thornton	Robert Alner
1997	Mr Mulligan	Tony McCoy	Noel Chance
1996	Imperial Call	Conor O'Dwyer	Fergie Sutherland
1995	Master Oats	Norman Williamson	Kim Bailey
1994	The Fellow	Adam Kondrat	François Doumen
1993	Jodami	Mark Dwyer	Peter Beaumont
1992	Cool Ground	Adrian Maguire	Toby Balding

Latest Betting Odds - Cheltenham Gold Cup


Denman	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.25	2.50	2.75	2.75	2.62	2.37	2.94
Kauto Star	3.50	3.75	3.75	3.75	4.00	3.25	3.75	3.75	3.50	3.80
Neptune Collonges	9.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	9.00	10.00	7.00	8.00	12.00
Albertas Run	15.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	20.00
Exotic Dancer	15.00	15.00	17.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	17.00	15.00	15.00	24.00
Tidal Bay	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	21.00	17.00	21.00	24.00
Barbers Shop	21.00	26.00	21.00	26.00	26.00	17.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	32.00
Star De Mohaison	17.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	26.00	23.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	34.00
Notre Pere	-	-	-	-	-	26.00	-	-	-	90.00
War of Attrition	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	34.00	21.00	34.00	26.00	26.00	34.00
Imperial Commander	26.00	17.00	26.00	26.00	34.00	34.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	48.00
Noland	34.00	-	-	-	-	-	34.00	-	-	240.00
Or Noir De Somoza	34.00	-	-	-	21.00	-	-	26.00	-	280.00
Trafford Lad	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41.00	-	280.00
The Listener	51.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Halcon Genelardais	41.00	41.00	41.00	41.00	34.00	-	51.00	51.00	-	60.00
Air Force One	34.00	21.00	34.00	34.00	34.00	34.00	51.00	21.00	34.00	95.00
Roll Along	-	-	41.00	-	-	-	-	34.00	-	100.00
Big Buck's	34.00	26.00	34.00	26.00	-	21.00	51.00	26.00	26.00	110.00
Money Trix	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	51.00	-	200.00
Trabolgan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	51.00	-	300.00
Nozic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	360.00
Afistfullofdollars	-	-	-	-	41.00	-	-	51.00	-	610.00
Knowhere	67.00	34.00	-	67.00	-	-	-	67.00	-	320.00
My Way De Solzen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	67.00	-	510.00

Prices Last Updated: 06/01/2009 at 09:39:07
Market Expires: 13/03/2009

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