2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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The 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday March 18, 2011. It was the 83rd running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Long Run who beat three previous winners of the Gold Cup in Kauto Star, Denman and defending champion Imperial Commander. [1] Long Run was ridden by Mr Sam Waley-Cohen and trained by Nicky Henderson. Waley-Cohen became the first amateur jockey to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup since Jim Wilson on Little Owl in 1981 [2] while Long Run was the first six-year-old to win the race since Mill House in 1963. [1]

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Full result

*HorseAgeJockeyTrainer† SP
1 Long Run 6Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Nicky Henderson 7/2 fav
27 Denman 11 Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls 8/1
34 Kauto Star 11 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 5/1
4nse What A Friend 8 Daryl Jacob Paul Nicholls 25/1
58 Midnight Chase 9 Tom Scudamore Neil Mulholland 9/1
63¾ Tidal Bay 10 Brian Hughes Howard Johnson 16/1
7shd Pandorama 8 Paul Carberry Noel Meade (IRE)14/1
83½ Neptune Collonges 10 Robert Thornton Paul Nicholls 33/1
934 Carruthers 8 Mattie Batchelor Mark Bradstock 66/1
PUFence 21 Imperial Commander 10 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies 4/1
PUFence 20 China Rock 8 Barry Geraghty Mouse Morris (IRE)25/1
PUFence 18 Kempes 8 Tony McCoy Willie Mullins (IRE)9/1
PUFence 14 Weird Al 8 Jason Maguire Ian Williams 20/1

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head; nse = nose; PU = pulled up.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Long Run :

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cheltenham: Long Run stars to secure Gold Cup glory". BBC Sport. 2011-03-18. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  2. ↑ "Long Run gives Sam Waley-Cohen a "big day" in Gold Cup". guardian.co.uk. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
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