2009 Cheltenham Gold Cup
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
References[]
- 2009
- sportinglife.com
- guardian.co.uk – "Kauto Star regains Gold Cup in splendid isolation" – March 13, 2009.
Categories:
- 2009 in horse racing
- Cheltenham Gold Cup
- 2009 in English sport
- March 2009 sports events in the United Kingdom
- 2000s in Gloucestershire