2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup

2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup Cheltenham Gold Cup https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2016_Cheltenham_Gold_Cup&action=edit Cheltenham Racecourse 18 March 2016 Don Cossack 9/4 F Bryan Cooper Gordon Elliott Gigginstown House Stud Good The 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the Timico Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 88th annual running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup horse race and was held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday 18 March 2016. The race was won by the 9 to 4 favourite, Don Cossack, owned by Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud, trained by Gordon Elliott in Ireland, and ridden by Bryan Cooper. The race gave Elliott and Cooper a first victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Don Cossack won by 4½ lengths from Djakadam, with Don Poli a further 10 lengths behind in third place. All three placed horses were trained in Ireland.Cheltenham 2016: Don Cossack lands Gold Cup victory https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/35836195 BBC Sport 20 March 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/mar/18/cheltenham-festival-2016-gold-cup-day-live-victoria-pendleton Cheltenham: Don Cossack wins Gold Cup as Pendleton lands fifth-place finish – as it happened 18 March 2016 Guardian 22 March 2016 http://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/cheltenham/oleary-is-flying-as-don-cossack-wins-gold-cup-34554553.html O'Leary is flying as Don Cossack wins Gold Cup 18 March 2016 Irish Independent 22 March 2016 Details Sponsor: Timico Winner's prize money: £327,462.00 Going: Good. Number of runners: 9 Winner's time: 6 mins 35.00 secs Result 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup http://www.skysports.com/racing/results/full-result/708731//18-03-2016/timico-cheltenham-gold-cup-chase Sky Sports 15 April 2016 * Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP 1 Don Cossack 9 Bryan Cooper Gordon Elliott (Ire) 9/4 Fav 2 4 1/2 Djakadam 7 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins (Ire) 9/2 3 10 Don Poli 7 Davy Russell Willie Mullins (Ire) 9/2 4 7 Carlingford Lough 7 Barry Geraghty John Kiely (Ire) 25/1 5 nse Irish Cavalier 10 Paul Townend Rebecca Curtis 66/1 6 16 Smad Place 9 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King 10/1 7 15 O'Faolains Boy 9 Noel Fehily Rebecca Curtis 50/1 8 1 1/2 On His Own 12 Mr Patrick Mullins Willie Mullins (Ire) 50/1 F Cue Card 10 Paddy Brennan Colin Tizzard 5/2 Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr". * 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. References Cheltenham Gold Cup 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup Category:2010s in Gloucestershire Cheltenham Gold Cup