2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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.

2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Cheltenham Gold Cup
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Date18 March 2016
Winning horseDon Cossack
Starting price9/4 F
JockeyBryan Cooper
TrainerGordon Elliott
OwnerGigginstown House Stud
ConditionsGood

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.[1][2][3]

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

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* 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
  1. "Cheltenham 2016: Don Cossack lands Gold Cup victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. "Cheltenham: Don Cossack wins Gold Cup as Pendleton lands fifth-place finish – as it happened". Guardian. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. "O'Leary is flying as Don Cossack wins Gold Cup". Irish Independent. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. "2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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