2009 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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The 2009 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday March 13, 2009. It was the 81st 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.

Kauto Star became the first horse to regain the Gold Cup in the event's history. He had previously won it in 2007, and he was runner-up in 2008. The winning margin of thirteen lengths was the widest in the race since 1995.

Race details[]

  • Sponsor: Totesport
  • Winner's prize money: £270,797.50
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Number of runners: 16
  • Winner's time: 6m 44.95s

Full result[]

* Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP
1 Kauto Star 9 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 7/4 fav
2 13 Denman 9 Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls 7/1
3 2½ Exotic Dancer 9 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 8/1
4 6 Neptune Collonges 8 Paul Nicholls 15/2
5 2 9 Paul Nicholls 100/1
6 nk 9 Graham Lee Carl Llewellyn 40/1
7 9 7 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson 10/1
8 10 8 Tom Scudamore David Pipe 10/1
9 5 Albertas Run 8 Jonjo O'Neill 14/1
10 14 11 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies 100/1
11 1¾ 8 300/1
12 5 7 Noel Fehily 16/1
13 2¾ 8 Timmy Murphy Paul Nicholls 20/1
Fell Fence 19 9 Andrew Thornton Robert & Sally Alner 150/1
PU Fence 18 11 66/1
PU Fence 13 9 Robert Thornton Alan King 40/1

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck; PU = pulled-up.
† All trainers are based in Great Britain.

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

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