Paddy Power Gold Cup

Paddy Power Gold Cup
Premier Handicap race
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham, England
Inaugurated1960
Race typeSteeplechase
SponsorPaddy Power
WebsiteCheltenham
Race information
Distance2m 4½f (4,124 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old and up
WeightHandicap
Purse£160,000 (2022)
1st: £90,032
Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase
2024
White, royal blue epaulets, white sleeves, red spots, royal blue cap Emerald green, royal blue diamond, diamonds on sleeves, emerald green cap, royal blue diamond Light blue, pink chevrons, light blue sleeves, light blue cap, pink star
Il Ridoto Ga Law Lets Go Champ
Previous years
2023
Mauve, black chevrons on sleeves, black cap Red, white stripe, white sleeves, red spots Pink, large purple spots, hooped sleeves
Stage Star Notlongtillmay Il Ridoto
2022
Emerald green, royal blue diamond, diamonds on sleeves, emerald green cap, royal blue diamond Pink and white (halved), black sleeves, black cap, pink star Red, black triple diamond, striped sleeves, hooped cap
Ga Law French Dynamite Midnight River
2021
Emerald green, beige braces, yellow sleeves, orange cap Yellow, red star, yellow sleeves, white armlets, yellow cap, red star Light blue, maroon hoops and armlets
Midnight Shadow Protektorat Lalor
2020-2011
2020
Red, yellow sash, striped sleeves and star on cap Red, white sash, emerald green sleeves, emerald green and red check cap Dark blue and white diabolo, hooped sleeves and cap
Coole Cody Spiritofthegames Al Dancer
2019
Yellow, purple star, purple sleeves, yellow armlets, purple cap Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap Orange, dark blue star, orange sleeves, dark blue stars, dark blue cap
Happy Diva Brelan D'As Warthog
2018
White, dark green hoops, white sleeves and cap Royal blue, white chevron, hooped sleeves, white cap Dark blue, yellow diamond and sleeves, royal blue cap, red diamond
Baron Alco Frodon Guitar Pete
2017
Royal blue, red star, diabolo on sleeves and star on cap Dark blue and yellow (quartered), striped sleeves Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap
Splash of Ginge Starchitect Le Prezien
2016
Red, emerald green cross of lorraine and sleeves Black and light blue (quartered), black sleeves, white cap Emerald green, red cross of lorraine, light green sleeves, red cap
Taquin Du Seuil Village Vic Buywise
2015
Royal blue, yellow stars, yellow cap Emerald green, red cross of lorraine, light green sleeves, red cap Mauve, black chevrons on sleeves, black cap
Annacotty Buywise Sound Investment
2014
Royal blue and yellow (quartered), royal blue sleeves, yellow spots, royal blue cap Red, large black spots, black cap Light blue, green sleeves, quartered cap
Caid Du Berlais Johns Spirit Present View
2013
Red, large black spots, black cap Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap Emerald green and mauve (halved), sleeves reversed, emerald green and mauve quartered cap
Johns Spirit Colour Squadron Hidden Cyclone
2012
Yellow, red star, yellow sleeves, white armlets, yellow cap, red star Royal blue, white hoops, maroon sleeves and cap Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap
Al Ferof Walkon Nadiya De La Vega
2011
Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap Light blue, brown stripe and armlets
Great Endeavour Quantitativeeasing Divers
2010-2001
2010
Royal blue, white seams, royal blue cap, white star Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap Brown, orange sleeves, quartered cap
Little Josh Dancing Tornado Long Run
2009
Orange and purple diamonds, purple sleeves, purple cap, orange diamonds Black and white (halved), red sleeves and cap Yellow, large dark green spots, dark green cap
Tranquil Sea Poquelin Hold Em
2008
Black, white stars, striped sleeves, black cap Purple, gold braid, scarlet sleeves, black velvet cap, gold fringe Royal blue, yellow diamond, grey sleeves, grey and royal blue quartered cap
Imperial Commander Barbers Shop Private Be
2007
Royal blue, white hooped sleeves, pink cap Royal blue, yellow stars, yellow cap Emerald green, white stars, emerald green cap, white star
L'Antartique Il Duce Knowhere
2006
Mauve and pink check, white sleeves, pink cap Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots Pink, White stars, White sleeves, Pink stars, White cap, Pink star
Exotic Dancer Vodka Bleu New Alco
2005
Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots Pink and yellow diamonds, yellow sleeves and cap Light blue, pink striped sleeves
Our Vic Monkerhostin Kandjar D'allier
2004
Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots Red, white cross belts, hooped sleeves and star on cap Pink and yellow diamonds, yellow sleeves and cap
Celestial Gold Thisthatandtother Monkerhostin
2003
Brown, red stars, brown sleeves, red cap, brown star Orange, beige armlets Yellow, Emerald Green cross belts, Emerald Green sleeves, Yellow armlets, quartered cap
Fondmort Poliantas Ei Ei
2002
Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots Orange, beige armlets Light blue and white stripes, hooped sleeves, white cap, light blue star
Cyfor Malta Poliantas Wave Rock
2001
Red, Purple sleeves, Red armlets, Black cap, Yellow star Light blue and maroon stripes, light blue sleeves, hooped cap Red, Yellow diamond and sleeves, Yellow cap, Red diamond
Shooting Light Foly Pleasant Exit Swinger
2000-1991
2000
Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots Red and yellow stripes, dark green and yellow striped sleeves and cap Royal Blue, White Stars, Red cap
Lady Cricket Exit Swinger Feathered Leader
1999
Light blue, dark blue cross of lorraine, hooped sleeves, striped cap Light blue, black sash, armlets and hoop on cap Red, dark blue seams, white sleeves, dark blue seams, dark blue cap, white star
The Outback Way Stormy Passage Sounds Like Fun
1998
Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots Red, white sash, green sleeves, white armlets, green cap Yellow, dark blue stripe, dark blue sleeves, yellow armlets, white cap
Cyfor Malta Simply Dashing Dr Leunt
1997
Purple, emerald green cross of lorraine, emerald green cap Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots Green and red (quartered), yellow sleeves, red cap
Senor El Betrutti Challenger Du Luc Bertone
1996
Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots Emerald green, white sleeves, emerald green and white check cap Red and White diamonds, Royal Blue sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Red diamond
Challenger Du Luc Strong Promise Addington Boy
1995
Green, yellow sleeves, white cap White, red seams on sleeves Black, emerald green spots on cap
Dublin Flyer Egypt Mill Prince Big Matt
1994
Royal blue, red braces and cap RUST, green sash and cuffs, quartered cap White, red seams on sleeves
Bradbury Star Second Schedual Egypt Mill Prince
1993
Royal blue, red braces and cap White, red seams on sleeves White, red braces, emerald green and white check sleeves, white cap, red star
Bradbury Star Egypt Mill Prince General Pershing
1992
Emerald green, white stars, emerald green cap, white star Maroon, white sleeves, orange and white quartered cap Brown, fawn cross belts, orange sleeves and cap
Tipping Tim Another Coral Beech Road
1991
Maroon, white sleeves, orange and white quartered cap Orange, blue triple diamond, diamonds on cap Orange, black chevron, hooped sleeves, striped cap
Another Coral Toranfield Sword Beach
1990-1987
1990
Yellow, white epaulets, yellow sleeves, black armlets, white cap White, dark green epaulets and star on cap Blue, pink disc, hooped sleeves, striped cap
Multum in Parvo Thar-An-Bharr New Halen
1989
Red, blue star, white sleeves and cap Red, black sleeves, white cap Black, white and red striped sleeves, hooped cap
Joint Sovereignty Golden Freeze Dudie
1988
Yellow, black spots and sleeves, white cap Black, white and red striped sleeves, hooped cap Mauve, white sleeves, yellow cap
Pegwell Bay Dudie Townley Stone
1987
White, black stripe, striped sleeves and cap Emerald green, white sleeves, emerald green and white check cap Yellow, black hoops on body
Beau Ranger Gee-A Tickite Boo
 

The Paddy Power Gold Cup is a Premier Handicap National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 44 yards, or 4,064 metres), and during its running there are sixteen fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in mid November.

The event was established in 1960, and it was originally sponsored by Mackeson. It was known as the Mackeson Gold Cup until 1995, but since then it has had various sponsors and several title changes. It was backed by Murphy's from 1996, and by Thomas Pink from 2000. The bookmaker Paddy Power began supporting the race in 2003 and their sponsorship continued until the 2015 running. In 2016 the sponsorship was taken over by another bookmaking firm BetVictor.[1] Paddy Power returned for a second period of sponsorship in 2020.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Fortria – 1960, 1962
  • Gay Trip – 1969, 1971
  • Half Free – 1984, 1985
  • Bradbury Star – 1993, 1994
  • Cyfor Malta – 1998, 2002

Leading jockey (4 wins):

  • Tony McCoy – Cyfor Malta (1998), Lady Cricket (2000), Shooting Light (2001), Exotic Dancer (2006)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

  • Martin Pipe – Beau Ranger (1987), Challenger du Luc (1996), Cyfor Malta (1998, 2002), Lady Cricket (2000), Shooting Light (2001), Celestial Gold (2004), Our Vic (2005)

Winners

Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer
1960 Fortria 8 12-00 Pat Taaffe Tom Dreaper
1961 Scottish Memories 7 10–12 C. Finnegan Arthur Thomas
1962 Fortria 10 12-00 Pat Taaffe Tom Dreaper
1963 Richard of Bordeaux 8 10-05 Bobby Beasley Fulke Walwyn
1964 Super Flash 9 10-05 Stan Mellor Frank Cundell
1965 Dunkirk 8 12-07 Bill Rees Peter Cazalet
1966 Pawnbroker 8 11-09 Paddy Broderick Arthur Stephenson
1967 Charlie Worcester 10 10–11 Josh Gifford Ryan Price
1968 Jupiter Boy 7 10-03 Eddie Harty Fred Rimell
1969 Gay Trip 9 11-05 Terry Biddlecombe Fred Rimell
1970 Chatham 6 10-03 Ken White Fred Rimell
1971 Gay Trip 9 11-03 Terry Biddlecombe Fred Rimell
1972 Red Candle 8 10-00 Jimmy Fox Ricky Vallance
1973 Skymas 8 10-05 Stan Murphy Brian Lusk
1974 Bruslee 8 10-07 Andrew Turnell Michael Scudamore
1975 Clear Cut 11 10-09 David Greaves Maurice Camacho
1976 Cancello [a] 7 11-01 Dennis Atkins Neville Crump
1977 Bachelor's Hall 7 10-06 Martin O'Halloran Peter Cundell
1978 Bawnogues 7 10-07 Craig Smith Martin Tate
1979 Man Alive 8 10-09 Ron Barry Gordon W. Richards
1980 Bright Highway 6 11-01 Gerry Newman Michael O'Brien
1981 Henry Kissinger 7 10–13 Paul Barton David Gandolfo
1982 Fifty Dollars More 7 11-00 Richard Linley Fred Winter
1983 Pounentes 6 10-06 Neale Doughty Billy McGhie
1984 Half Free 8 11–10 Richard Linley Fred Winter
1985 Half Free 9 11–10 Richard Linley Fred Winter
1986 Very Promising 8 11–13 Richard Dunwoody David Nicholson
1987 Beau Ranger 9 10-02 Mark Perrett Martin Pipe
1988 Pegwell Bay 7 11-02 Peter Scudamore Tim Forster
1989 Joint Sovereignty 9 10-04 Graham McCourt Philip Hobbs
1990 Multum in Parvo 7 10-02 Norman Williamson John Edwards
1991 Another Coral 8 10-01 Richard Dunwoody David Nicholson
1992 Tipping Tim 7 10–10 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
1993 Bradbury Star 8 11-08 Declan Murphy Josh Gifford
1994 Bradbury Star 9 11–11 Philip Hide Josh Gifford
1995 Dublin Flyer 9 11-08 Brendan Powell Tim Forster
1996 Challenger du Luc 6 10-02 Richard Dunwoody Martin Pipe
1997 Senor El Betrutti 8 10-00 Jamie Osborne Susan Nock
1998 Cyfor Malta 5 11-03 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
1999 The Outback Way 9 10-00 Norman Williamson Venetia Williams
2000 Lady Cricket 6 10–13 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2001 Shooting Light 8 11-03 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2002 Cyfor Malta 9 11-09 Barry Geraghty Martin Pipe
2003 Fondmort 7 10–13 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson
2004 Celestial Gold 6 10-02 Timmy Murphy Martin Pipe
2005 Our Vic 7 11-07 Timmy Murphy Martin Pipe
2006 Exotic Dancer 6 11-02 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
2007 L'Antartique 7 10–13 Graham Lee Ferdy Murphy
2008 Imperial Commander 7 10-07 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies
2009 Tranquil Sea 7 10–13 Andrew McNamara Edward O'Grady
2010 Little Josh 8 10-05 Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies
2011 Great Endeavour 7 10-03 Timmy Murphy David Pipe
2012 Al Ferof 7 11-08 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2013 Johns Spirit 6 10-02 Richie McLernon Jonjo O'Neill
2014 Caid Du Berlais 5 10–13 Sam Twiston-Davies Paul Nicholls
2015 Annacotty 7 11-00 Ian Popham Alan King
2016 Taquin du Seuil 9 11–11 Aidan Coleman Jonjo O'Neill
2017 Splash Of Ginge 9 10–06 Tom Bellamy Nigel Twiston-Davies
2018 Baron Alco 7 10-11 Jamie Moore Gary Moore
2019 Happy Diva 8 11-00 Richard Patrick Kerry Lee
2020 Coole Cody 9 10-05 Tom O'Brien Evan Williams
2021 Midnight Shadow 8 11-05 Ryan Mania Sue Smith
2022 Ga Law 6 11-00 Jonathan Burke Jamie Snowden
2023 Stage Star 7 11–07 Harry Cobden Paul Nicholls
2024 Il Ridoto 7 09–13 Freddie Gingell Paul Nicholls
  1. ^ The 1976 running took place at Haydock Park

See also

References

  1. ^ McFadden, Tony. "BetVictor to sponsor feature at Open meeting". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.