The 2000 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday 16 March 2000. It was the 73rd running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by Looks Like Trouble. The winner was ridden by Richard Johnson and trained by Noel Chance. The pre-race favourite See More Business finished fourth.
It was the second victory in the Gold Cup for Noel Chance, who had won the race three years earlier with Mr Mulligan. The winning time of 6m 30.3s set a new record – the previous best was 6m 30.9s in 1990.
This was the last Gold Cup to be held before the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease crisis.
* | Horse | Age | Jockey | Trainer† | SP | |
1 | Looks Like Trouble | 8 | Richard Johnson | Noel Chance | 9/2 | |
2 | 5 | Florida Pearl | 8 | Paul Carberry | Willie Mullins (IRE) | 9/2 |
3 | nk | Strong Promise | 9 | Robert Thornton | Chris Kinane | 20/1 |
4 | ¾ | See More Business | 10 | Mick Fitzgerald | Paul Nicholls | 9/4 fav |
5 | nk | Lake Kariba | 9 | Norman Williamson | Venetia Williams | 150/1 |
6 | dist | Dorans Pride | 11 | Paul Hourigan | Michael Hourigan (IRE) | 40/1 |
Fell | Fence 21 | Gloria Victis | 6 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe | 13/2 |
UR | Fence 20 | Rince Ri | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Ted Walsh (IRE) | 33/1 |
PU | Fence 20 | The Last Fling | 10 | Seamus Durack | Sue Smith | 16/1 |
PU | Fence 19 | Ever Blessed | 8 | Timmy Murphy | Mark Pitman | 14/1 |
PU | Fence 19 | Go Ballistic | 11 | Tony Dobbin | Alan King | 16/1 |
UR | Fence 13 | Tullymurry Toff | 9 | Graham Lee | Malcolm Jefferson | 100/1 |
* 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.
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