1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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The 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday 19 March 1998. It was the 71st running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by Cool Dawn. The winner was ridden by Andrew Thornton and trained by Robert Alner. The pre-race favourite Dorans Pride finished third.

Cool Dawn's victory in the Gold Cup was the highlight of a progressive career, in which he had initially competed in minor point-to-point races and hunter chases.

Race details[]

  • Sponsor: Tote
  • Winner's prize money: £148,962.00
  • Going: Good
  • Number of runners: 17
  • Winner's time: 6m 39.5s

Full result[]

* Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP
1 Cool Dawn 10 Andrew Thornton Robert Alner 25/1
2 1¾ 7 Norman Williamson 14/1
3 hd Dorans Pride 9 Richard Dunwoody (IRE) 9/4 fav
4 14 9 Carl Llewellyn 33/1
5 3 9 Graham Bradley Charlie Brooks 9/1
6 4 7 Tim Easterby 33/1
7 1¼ 8 Martin Pipe 20/1
8 2 Barton Bank 12 Adrian Maguire David Nicholson 33/1
9 hd 12 100/1
10 30 12 Leighton Aspell Josh Gifford 100/1
11 6 9 12/1
PU Fence 22 Couldn't Be Better 11 Charlie Brooks 33/1
PU Fence 19 10 Gordon W. Richards 12/1
Fell Fence 17 Rough Quest 12 Mick Fitzgerald 14/1
PU Fence 7 Cyborgo 8 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe 10/1
CO Fence 7 8 Martin Pipe 150/1
CO Fence 7 See More Business 8 Timmy Murphy Paul Nicholls 11/2

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. hd = head; PU = pulled-up; CO = carried out.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

Winner's details[]

Further details of the winner, Cool Dawn:

References[]

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