1988 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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The 1988 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on 17 March 1988. It was the 61st running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and was won by Charter Party. The winner was ridden by Richard Dunwoody and trained by David Nicholson. The pre-race favourite Playschool pulled-up before fence 20.

The event was marred by the death of the former winner Forgive 'n Forget, who broke a leg during the race and was euthanised.

Race details[]

  • Sponsor: Tote
  • Winner's prize money: £61,960.00
  • Going: Soft
  • Number of runners: 15
  • Winner's time: 6m 58.9s

Full result[]

* Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP
1 Charter Party 10 Richard Dunwoody David Nicholson 10/1
2 6 8 David Elsworth 6/1
3 10 10 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe 33/1
4 3 9 François Doumen (FR) 8/1
5 3 Yahoo 7 12/1
6 nk West Tip 11 80/1
7 8 Graham Bradley Toby Balding 6/1
8 10 Mercy Rimell 40/1
9 Run and Skip 10 50/1
PU Fence 20 10 Paul Nicholls David Barons 100/30 fav
PU Fence 19 Forgive 'n Forget 11 8/1
Fell Fence 19 Rhyme 'n' Reason 9 David Elsworth 11/1
PU Fence 17 10 Peter Easterby 40/1
PU Fence 17 9 Richard Rowe Josh Gifford 50/1
Fell Fence 15 9 100/1

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck; PU = pulled-up
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated

Winner's details[]

Further details of the winner, Charter Party:

  • Foaled: 1978 in Ireland
  • Sire: ; Dam: ()
  • Owner: Claire Smith and Jenny Mould
  • Breeder: A. W. Riddell Martin

References[]

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