1988 Cheltenham Gold Cup

The 1988 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on 17 March 1988. It was the 61st running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and was won by Charter Party. The winner was ridden by Richard Dunwoody and trained by David Nicholson. The pre-race favourite Playschool pulled-up before fence 20. The event was marred by the death of the former winner Forgive 'n Forget, who broke a leg during the race and was euthanised. Race details Sponsor: Tote Winner's prize money: £61,960.00 Going: Soft Number of runners: 15 Winner's time: 6m 58.9s Full result * Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP 1 Charter Party 10 Richard Dunwoody David Nicholson 10/1 2 6 Cavvies Clown 8 Simon Sherwood David Elsworth 6/1 3 10 Beau Ranger 10 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe 33/1 4 3 Nupsala 9 André Pommier François Doumen (FR) 8/1 5 3 Yahoo 7 Tom Morgan John Edwards 12/1 6 nk West Tip 11 Micky Hammond Michael Oliver 80/1 7 Kildimo 8 Graham Bradley Toby Balding 6/1 8 Golden Friend 10 Dermot Browne Mercy Rimell 40/1 9 Run and Skip 10 Peter Hobbs John Spearing 50/1 PU Fence 20 Playschool 10 Paul Nicholls David Barons 100/30 fav PU Fence 19 Forgive 'n Forget 11 Mark Dwyer Jimmy FitzGerald 8/1 Fell Fence 19 Rhyme 'n' Reason 9 Brendan Powell David Elsworth 11/1 PU Fence 17 Cybrandian 10 Chris Grant Peter Easterby 40/1 PU Fence 17 Foyle Fisherman 9 Richard Rowe Josh Gifford 50/1 Fell Fence 15 Stearsby 9 Graham McCourt Rod Simpson 100/1 * The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck; PU = pulled-up† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated Winner's details Further details of the winner, Charter Party: Foaled: 1978 in Ireland Sire: Document; Dam: Ahoy There (Little Buskins) Owner: Claire Smith and Jenny Mould Breeder: A. W. Riddell Martin References 23016 1988 03 17 Cheltenham Result -17 Mar 1988 - « 3:30 » TOTE CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP CHASE (CHAMPIONSHIP RACE) RacingPost.com Party time at the festival for Nicholson, Dunwoody Glasgow Herald, 16 March 1988 (from Google News) Cheltenham Gold Cup Category:Cheltenham Gold Cup Category:1988 in British sport Category:1980s in Gloucestershire Cheltenham Category:Horse racing controversies