Bet365 Gold Cup
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The Bet365 Gold Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 3 miles 5½ furlongs (5,934 metres) at Sandown Park Racecourse in late April.
It is a major late-season handicap chase, and has been won by many top class horses. There are twenty-four fences to be jumped in the race.
The race was first run in 1957 as the Whitbread Gold Cup and continued with that name until 2001. The following year it became the AtTheRaces Gold Cup, changing to the Betfred Gold Cup in 2004 and to its present title in 2008, when the bookmaking company Bet365 took over the sponsorship.
The Bet365 Gold Cup meeting at Sandown Park combines both National Hunt and flat racing, and includes the Sandown Mile and the Sandown Classic Trial, both also currently sponsored by Bet365.
[edit] Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Weight |
Jockey |
Trainer |
| 1957 | Much Obliged | 9 | 10-12 | Johnny East | Neville Crump |
| 1958 | Taxidermist | 6 | 10-08 | Mr John Lawrence | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1959 | Done Up | 9 | 10-13 | Harry Sprague | Ryan Price |
| 1960 | Plummers Plain | 7 | 10-00 | R. Harrison | Syd Dale |
| 1961 | Pas Seul | 8 | 12-00 | Dave Dick | Bob Turnell |
| 1962 | Frenchman's Cove | 7 | 11-03 | Stan Mellor | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1963 | Hoodwinked | 8 | 10-09 | Pat Buckley | Neville Crump |
| 1964 | Dormant | 7 | 09-07 | Pat Buckley | Neville Crump |
| 1965 | Arkle | 8 | 12-07 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1966 | What a Myth | 9 | 09-08 | Paul Kelleway | Ryan Price |
| 1967 | Mill House | 10 | 11-11 | David Nicholson | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1968 | Larbawn | 9 | 10-09 | Macer Gifford | Michael Marsh |
| 1969 | Larbawn | 10 | 11-04 | Josh Gifford | Michael Marsh |
| 1970 | Royal Toss | 8 | 10-00 | Richard Pitman | Tim Handel |
| 1971 | Titus Oates | 9 | 11-13 | Ron Barry | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1972 | Grey Sombrero | 8 | 09-10 | Bill Shoemark | David Gandolfo |
| 1973 | Charlie Potheen | 8 | 12-00 | Ron Barry | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1974 | The Dikler * | 11 | 11-13 | Ron Barry | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1975 | April Seventh | 9 | 09-13 | Steve Knight | Bob Turnell |
| 1976 | Otter Way | 8 | 10-10 | Jeff King | Oliver Carter |
| 1977 | Andy Pandy | 8 | 10-12 | John Burke | Fred Rimell |
| 1978 | Strombolus | 7 | 10-00 | Tommy Stack | Peter Bailey |
| 1979 | Diamond Edge | 8 | 11-11 | Bill Smith | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1980 | Royal Mail | 10 | 11-05 | Philip Blacker | Stan Mellor |
| 1981 | Diamond Edge | 10 | 11-07 | Bill Smith | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1982 | Shady Deal | 9 | 10-00 | Richard Rowe | Josh Gifford |
| 1983 | Drumlargan | 9 | 10-10 | Mr Frank Codd | Edward O'Grady |
| 1984 | Special Cargo | 11 | 11-02 | Kevin Mooney | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1985 | By the Way | 7 | 11-00 | Robert Earnshaw | Monica Dickinson |
| 1986 | Plundering | 9 | 10-06 | Simon Sherwood | Fred Winter |
| 1987 | Lean Ar Aghaidh | 10 | 09-10 | Guy Landau | Stan Mellor |
| 1988 | Desert Orchid | 9 | 11-11 | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1989 | Brown Windsor | 7 | 10-00 | Michael Bowlby | Nicky Henderson |
| 1990 | Mr Frisk | 11 | 10-05 | Mr Marcus Armytage | Kim Bailey |
| 1991 | Docklands Express * | 9 | 10-03 | Anthony Tory | Kim Bailey |
| 1992 | Topsham Bay | 9 | 10-01 | Hywel Davies | David Barons |
| 1993 | Topsham Bay * | 10 | 10-01 | Richard Dunwoody | David Barons |
| 1994 | Ushers Island | 8 | 10-00 | Charlie Swan | Howard Johnson |
| 1995 | Cache Fleur | 9 | 10-01 | Richard Dunwoody | Martin Pipe |
| 1996 | Life of a Lord | 10 | 11-10 | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien |
| 1997 | Harwell Lad | 8 | 10-00 | Mr Rupert Nuttall | Robert Alner |
| 1998 | Call It a Day | 8 | 10-10 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1999 | Eulogy | 9 | 10-00 | Barry Fenton | Richard Rowe |
| 2000 | Beau | 7 | 10-09 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2001 | Ad Hoc | 7 | 10-04 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2002 | Bounce Back | 6 | 10-09 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 2003 | Ad Hoc | 9 | 10-10 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2004 | Puntal | 8 | 11-04 | Danny Howard | Martin Pipe |
| 2005 | Jack High | 10 | 10-00 | Garrett Cotter | Ted Walsh |
| 2006 | Lacdoudal | 7 | 11-05 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2007 | Hot Weld | 8 | 10-00 | Graham Lee | Ferdy Murphy |
| 2008 | Monkerhostin | 11 | 10-13 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
* Proud Tarquin (1974), Cahervillahow (1991) and Givus a Buck (1993) all finished first but were disqualified after Stewards' Inquiries.
