2006 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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The 2006 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday 17 March 2006. It was the 78th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by War of Attrition. The winner was ridden by Conor O'Dwyer and trained by Mouse Morris. The pre-race favourite Beef or Salmon finished eleventh.

For the first time in the race's history the first three finishers – War of Attrition, Hedgehunter and Forget the Past – were all trained in Ireland.

Race details[]

  • Sponsor: Totesport
  • Winner's prize money: £228,080.00
  • Going: Good
  • Number of runners: 22
  • Winner's time: 6m 31.7s

Full result[]

* Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP
1 War of Attrition 7 Mouse Morris (IRE) 15/2
2 2½ Hedgehunter 10 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins (IRE) 16/1
3 7 8 Barry Geraghty (IRE) 9/1
4 ¾ 7 Mick Fitzgerald François Doumen (FR) 10/1
5 ½ Take the Stand 10 Tony Dobbin 20/1
6 ½ 9 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs 13/2
7 1½ 10 Andrew Thornton Robert Alner 25/1
8 3 10 Sue Smith 40/1
9 nk 9 Paul Nicholls 20/1
10 2 9 Robert Alner 12/1
11 ¾ Beef or Salmon 10 Paul Carberry (IRE) 4/1 fav
12 17 9 Jamie Moore 100/1
13 1½ 9 100/1
14 7 10 Graham Lee 100/1
15 5 10 Tom Scudamore Martin Pipe 200/1
16 ½ 9 Paul Nicholls 16/1
17 10 8 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies 33/1
18 5 9 Jason Maguire 33/1
PU Fence 21 8 Sam Thomas Venetia Williams 150/1
PU Fence 21 10 Paddy Brennan Philip Hobbs 20/1
PU Fence 18 Iris's Gift 9 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 16/1
UR Fence 10 8 Timmy Murphy Martin Pipe 16/1

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck; PU = pulled-up; UR = unseated rider.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.
Note: Fence 20 was omitted due to the injured jockey Timmy Murphy, unseated at the fence on the first circuit.

Winner's details[]

Further details of the winner, War of Attrition:

References[]

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