Cheltenham Gold Cup

The first horse race known as the Cheltenham Gold Cup took place in July It was a flat race , and it was contested over 3 miles on Cleeve Hill , which overlooks the present venue. The inaugural winner, Spectre, won a prize of guineas for his owner Mr Bodenham.

The Cheltenham Gold Cup was first run as a jumps race on 12 March The race was covered by Pathe News. The event originally took place on what is now the "Old Course" at Cheltenham. The Gold Cup was abandoned in because of frost and flooding , but the five intervening years saw the emergence of the most successful horse in the event's history. All five races from to were won by Golden Miller , who also won the Grand National in The first multiple winner in the post-war era was Cottage Rake , who won the three runnings from to The Gold Cup was switched to the "New Course" in , and this remains the regular track used for the event.

In the mids, the race was dominated by Arkle, who won three consecutive runnings from to He remains the shortest-priced winner in the race's history. The first commercial sponsorship of the race was by Piper Champagne , which began supporting the event in The Tote now known as Totesport became the sponsor in The winner, Dawn Run , is the only horse to have ever won both this race and the leading hurdle event, the Champion Hurdle.

One of the most popular horses to win the Gold Cup was Desert Orchid , a grey who won the event in The entire Cheltenham Festival was cancelled in because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. In , Kauto Star became the first horse to regain the Gold Cup. He overcame his stablemate and conqueror in , Denman , who had recovered from a heart condition to take his place in the race. One of the cups, a different one being awarded each year, was reported stolen on 14 July after a burglary at a home in Wormington , Gloucestershire.

Cheltenham Racecourse announced in September that it had been reunited with the original Cheltenham Gold Cup trophy, dating back to , and will present it to the winner of the race. First awarded to five-year-old Red Splash, owned by Major Humphrey Wyndham, trained by Fred Withington and ridden by Dick Rees, it will now be re-introduced as a perpetual trophy, presented to the winning connections of the race and in future years. A substitute race at Sandown was won by Marlborough.

Betfred began sponsoring the Gold Cup in , [50] after the betting company bought the Government-owned Tote in June , [51] but in late they lost their sponsorship following Jockey Club 's and Arena Racing new initiative to not allow bookmaker sponsorships on their tracks that do not offer any contribution to horse racing from their offshore business. It was the first time that the race had been sponsored by a non-bookmaker since the Tote took over from Piper Champagne in The new partnership will also see Magners become the "presenting partner" across all four days of The Festival.

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