2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Cheltenham Gold Cup
Location Cheltenham Racecourse
Date13 March 2015
Winning horse Coneygree
Starting price 7/1
Jockey Nico de Boinville
Trainer Mark Bradstock
OwnerThe Max Partnership
Conditions Soft, Good to Soft in places

The 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the Betfred Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 87th annual running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup horse race and was held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday 13 March 2015. [1]

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The race was won by Coneygree with a winning margin of a length and a half at the line. [2] Coneygree became the first novice to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup since 1974. [3] [4] [5]

Build-up

A week before the race Silviniaco Conti was listed as the favourite at odds of 3/1. [6]

The race was shown live on Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland.

Details

Full result

[8]

*HorseAgeJockeyTrainer† SP
1 Coneygree 8 Nico de Boinville Mark Bradstock7/1
21 1/2 Djakadam 6 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins (Ire)10/1
32Road To Riches8 Bryan Cooper Noel Meade (Ire)8/1
46Holywell8Richie McLernon Jonjo O'Neill 8/1
514On His Own11Mr Patrick MullinsWillie Mullins (Ire)33/1
61 Many Clouds 8 Leighton Aspell Oliver Sherwood 7/1
72 1/2 Silviniaco Conti 9 Noel Fehily Paul Nicholls 3/1 Fav
8hdSmad Place8 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King 25/1
93/4Carlingford Lough9 Tony McCoy John Kiely14/1
1014Boston Bob10 Paul Townend Willie Mullins (Ire)33/1
11nseHoublon Des Obeaux8 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams 33/1
PU Bobs Worth 10 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson 16/1
PUHome Farm8David Casey Henry de Bromhead (Ire)100/1
PU Lord Windermere 9 Davy Russell Jim Culloty (Ire)20/1
PUSam Winner8 Sam Twiston-Davies Paul Nicholls20/1
PUThe Giant Bolster10 Tom Scudamore David Bridgwater33/1

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

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References

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  2. ↑ "Cheltenham Festival 2015: Coneygree's fairy-tale Gold Cup win eclipses farewells for Tony McCoy" . The Independent. 13 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Coneygree wins thrilling Cheltenham Gold Cup". BBC Sport. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Coneygree all-the-way winner of the Gold Cup at Cheltenham Festival". The Guardian. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Coneygree wins Cheltenham Gold Cup". Daily Telegraph. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cheltenham Festival 2015: The Coneygree conundrum". BBC Sport. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Racing Post
  8. ↑ "2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
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