1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The 1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday 17 March 1994. It was the 67th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by The Fellow. The winner was ridden by Adam Kondrat and trained by François Doumen. The pre-race favourite Jodami finished second.
The Fellow won the Gold Cup at his fourth attempt, and he was the first ever winner of the race trained in France.
This was to be the final year BBC television broadcast the race.
Race details[]
- Sponsor: Tote
- Winner's prize money: £118,770.00
- Going: Good
- Number of runners: 15
- Winner's time: 6m 40.7s
Full result[]
* | Horse | Age | Jockey | Trainer † | SP | |
1 | The Fellow | 9 | François Doumen (FR) | 7/1 | ||
2 | 1½ | Jodami | 9 | Peter Beaumont | 6/4 fav | |
3 | 4 | 7 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 20/1 | |
4 | ¾ | 9 | Jamie Osborne | (IRE) | 10/1 | |
5 | 5 | 9 | Declan Murphy | Josh Gifford | 5/1 | |
6 | 1½ | 12 | Kim Bailey | 14/1 | ||
7 | 6 | Miinnehoma | 11 | Adrian Maguire | Martin Pipe | 11/1 |
8 | shd | 7 | Peter Niven | (IRE) | 20/1 | |
9 | 4 | 10 | Martin Pipe | 11/1 | ||
10 | 2½ | 11 | David Barons | 100/1 | ||
11 | 1 | 10 | Martin Pipe | 33/1 | ||
PU | Fence 20 | Garrison Savannah | 11 | Graham Bradley | Jenny Pitman | 50/1 |
PU | Fence 19 | 10 | 20/1 | |||
PU | Fence 18 | 7 | Mick Fitzgerald | Martin Pipe | 200/1 | |
UR | Fence 17 | (mare) | 9 | Charlie Swan | Francis Flood (IRE) | 100/1 |
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head; PU = pulled-up; UR = unseated rider.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.
Winner's details[]
Further details of the winner, The Fellow:
- Foaled: 2 May 1985 in France
- Sire: ; Dam: ()
- Owner:
- Breeder: Mlle A. M. Gaulin
References[]
- 1994
- sportinglife.com
- news.google.co.uk/newspapers – New Straits Times – March 19, 1994.
Categories:
- 1994 in horse racing
- Cheltenham Gold Cup
- 1994 in British sport
- March 1994 sports events in the United Kingdom
- 1990s in Gloucestershire