2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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The 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at the Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday March 16, 2007. It was the 79th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Kauto Star. The winner was ridden by Ruby Walsh and trained by Paul Nicholls.

Earlier in the season Kauto Star had won the first two legs of the Betfair Million, the Betfair Chase and the King George VI Chase. The Gold Cup was the final leg, and his victory earned a bonus prize of £1,000,000.

Race details[]

  • Sponsor: Totesport
  • Winner's prize money: £242,335.00
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Number of runners: 18
  • Winner's time: 6m 40.46s

Full result[]

* Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP
1 Kauto Star 7 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 5/4 fav
2 2½ Exotic Dancer 7 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 9/2
3 2½ 8 Tony Dobbin Nicky Richards 40/1
4 5 10 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs 25/1
5 ¾ Cane Brake 8 Tom Taaffe (IRE) 20/1
6 ½ 7 8/1
7 1¼ 8 Mick Fitzgerald François Doumen (FR) 16/1
8 shd Neptune Collonges 6 Paul Nicholls 50/1
9 1½ 10 Robert Alner 40/1
10 2½ 9 Barry Geraghty (IRE) 25/1
11 2½ 8 Daryl Jacob Robert Alner 14/1
12 8 7 Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls 16/1
13 8 Beef or Salmon 11 Andrew McNamara (IRE) 16/1
14 104 7 (FR) 250/1
PU Fence 20 7 Robert Thornton Alan King 25/1
PU Fence 19 8 Colin Tizzard 100/1
Fell Fence 17 Marble Garden 6 (FR) 250/1
UR Fence 5 8 Jason Maguire 50/1

* 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, Kauto Star:

  • Foaled: March 19, 2000 in France
  • Sire: ; Dam: ()
  • Owner: Clive D. Smith
  • Breeder: Marie-Louise Aubert

References[]

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