2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup

The 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday 19 March 2010. It was the 82nd running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by Imperial Commander.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/8456899.stm Imperial Commander lands Cheltenham Gold Cup 19 March 2010 BBC Sport 19 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100319054450/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/8456899.stm 19 March 2010 live The winner was ridden by Paddy Brennan and trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies. The pre-race favourite Kauto Star fell at fence 19.http://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2010/0319/goldcup_imperialcommander.html Imperial Commander wins Gold Cup 19 March 2010 RTÉ Sport 19 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100322192733/http://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2010/0319/goldcup_imperialcommander.html 22 March 2010 live Race details Sponsor: Totesport Winner's prize money: £270,797.50 Going: Good (Good to Soft in places) Number of runners: 11 Winner's time: 6m 43.90s Full result * Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP 1 Imperial Commander 9 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies 7/1 2 7 Denman 10 Tony McCoy Paul Nicholls 4/1 3 23 Mon Mome 10 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams 50/1 4 shd Carruthers 7 Mattie Batchelor Mark Bradstock 33/1 5 ¾ Cooldine 8 Paul Townend Willie Mullins (IRE) 10/1 6 8 Calgary Bay 7 Graham Lee Henrietta Knight 50/1 7 12 My Will 10 Nick Scholfield Paul Nicholls 80/1 8 10 Cerium 9 Davy Russell Paul Murphy 200/1 9 45 Tricky Trickster 7 Barry Geraghty Paul Nicholls 12/1 10 35 Mr Pointment 11 Ken Whelan Paul Murphy 250/1 Fell Fence 19 Kauto Star 10 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 8/11 fav * The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated Winner's details Further details of the winner, Imperial Commander: Foaled: 21 May 2001 in Ireland Sire: Flemensfirth; Dam: Ballinlovane (Le Moss) Owner: Our Friends in the North Breeder: Laurence J. Flynn References External links Imperial Commander tears up the Gold Cup's two-horse script The Guardian, 19 March 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup 2010 Category:2010 in British sport Category:2010s in Gloucestershire Cheltenham Gold Cup