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2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup

2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Horse Racing
Location Cheltenham Racecourse
Date 13 March 2015
Winning horse Coneygree
Starting price 7/1
Jockey Nico de Boinville
Trainer Mark Bradstock
Owner The 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.

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

Build-up

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

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

Details

  • Sponsor: Betfred
  • Winner's prize money: £313,225.00
  • Going:Soft, Good to Soft in places
  • Number of runners: 16
  • Winner's time: 6m 42.70s

Full Result

 

  * Horse Age Jockey Trainer SP
1   Coneygree 8 Nico de Boinville Mark Bradstock 7/1
2 1 1/2 Djakadam 6 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins (Ire) 10/1
3 2 Road To Riches 8 Bryan Cooper Noel Meade (Ire) 8/1
4 6 Holywell 8 Richie McLernon Jonjo O'Neill 8/1
5 14 On His Own 11 Mr Patrick Mullins Willie Mullins (Ire) 33/1
6 1 Many Clouds 8 Leighton Aspell Oliver Sherwood 7/1
7 2 1/2 Silviniaco Conti 9 Noel Fehily Paul Nicholls 3/1 Fav
8 hd Smad Place 8 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King+ 25/1
9 3/4 Carlingford Lough 9 Tony McCoy John Kiely 14/1
10 14 Boston Bob 10 Paul Townend Willie Mullins (Ire) 33/1
11 nse Houblon Des Obeaux 8 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams 33/1
PU   Bobs Worth 10 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson 16/1
PU   Home Farm 8 David Casey Henry de Bromhead (Ire) 100/1
PU   Lord Windermere 9 Davy Russell Jim Culloty (Ire) 20/1
PU   Sam Winner 8 Sam Twiston-Davies Paul Nicholls 20/1
PU   The Giant Bolster 10 Tom Scudamore David Bridgwater 33/1

* 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

See also

  • Horse racing in Great Britain
  • List of British National Hunt races
  • 2015 Grand National

External links

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