2002 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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The 2002 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday 14 March 2002. It was the 74th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by Best Mate. The winner was ridden by Jim Culloty and trained by Henrietta Knight. The pre-race favourite Looks Like Trouble finished thirteenth.

It was the first running of the Gold Cup for two years, as it had been cancelled in 2001 because of a foot-and-mouth crisis.

Race details[]

  • Sponsor: Tote
  • Winner's prize money: £174,000.00
  • Going: Good
  • Number of runners: 18
  • Winner's time: 6m 50.1s

Full result[]

* Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP
1 Best Mate 7 Jim Culloty Henrietta Knight 7/1
2 1¾ Commanche Court 9 Ruby Walsh Ted Walsh (IRE) 25/1
3 8 See More Business 12 Paul Nicholls 40/1
4 6 10 Nicky Henderson 12/1
5 5 8 Philip Hobbs 33/1
6 ½ 9 Barry Geraghty Willie Mullins (IRE) 12/1
7 ¾ 10 (IRE) 66/1
8 12 9 Martin Pipe 25/1
9 3 9 David Casey Mouse Morris (IRE) 12/1
10 7 9 Henrietta Knight 16/1
11 ¾ Florida Pearl 10 Willie Mullins (IRE) 10/1
12 6 Bacchanal 8 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson 6/1
13 dist Looks Like Trouble 10 Richard Johnson Noel Chance 9/2 fav
Fell Fence 22 9 (IRE) 33/1
PU Fence 21 13 Carl Llewellyn Henrietta Knight 66/1
PU Fence 20 7 Norman Williamson 11/1
PU Fence 19 8 Timmy Murphy Paul Nicholls 25/1
PU Fence 12 9 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe 10/1

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

Winner's details[]

Further details of the winner, Best Mate:

  • Foaled: 28 January 1995 in Ireland
  • Sire: ; Dam: ()
  • Owner: Jim Lewis
  • Breeder: Jacques Van't Hart

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