2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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The 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday 18 March 2005. It was the 77th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Kicking King. The winner was ridden by Barry Geraghty and trained by Tom Taaffe.

Kicking King was the first winner of the Gold Cup to be trained in Ireland since Imperial Call in 1996. The three-time winner Best Mate was withdrawn from the race a week earlier after bursting a blood vessel. A fourth day was added to the Cheltenham Festival this year, and the Gold Cup was switched to a new day, Friday.

Race details[]

  • Sponsor: Totesport
  • Winner's prize money: £212,268.40
  • Going: Good
  • Number of runners: 15
  • Winner's time: 6m 42.9s

Full result[]

* Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP
1 Kicking King 7 Barry Geraghty Tom Taaffe (IRE) 4/1 fav
2 5 Take the Stand 9 Tony Dobbin 25/1
3 8 9 Andrew Thornton Robert Alner 12/1
4 nk 8 Paul Nicholls 40/1
5 9 11 Graham Lee 15/2
6 1¼ 8 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 5/1
7 ½ 7 Timmy Murphy Martin Pipe 9/2
8 14 9 80/1
9 11 8 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe 16/1
10 dist 11 Tom Scudamore Michael Scudamore 500/1
PU Fence 21 Beef or Salmon 9 Paul Carberry (IRE) 5/1
PU Fence 21 10 Jamie Moore Martin Pipe 200/1
PU Fence 20 Tiutchev 12 Robert Thornton Martin Pipe 50/1
PU Fence 19 10 100/1
Fell Fence 17 8 Davy Russell Edward O'Grady (IRE) 14/1

* 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, Kicking King:

  • Foaled: 10 April 1998, in Ireland
  • Sire: Old Vic; Dam: ()
  • Owner: Conor Clarkson
  • Breeder: Sunnyhill Stud

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