Gold Cup Day, Day Four of The Cheltenham Festival concludes four incredible days of racing. The WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup has created legends in the racing world and 2020 was no different.
The greatest chasers in Britain and Ireland line up at 3:05pm every year to be presented the original 1924 Gold Cup. In 2020, Willie Mullins won his second WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup with Al Boum Photo.
The JCB Triumph Hurdle is a Grade 1 hurdle, run on the New Course for horses over four. It's run on 2m abt 1f with eight hurdles jumped. It's restricted for juvenile hurdlers and has seen four winners go on to win the Unibet Champion Hurdle. These include Clair Soleil, Persian War, Kribensis, and Katchit, while 2018 and 2019 Grand National winner Tiger Roll won the Triumph Hurdle in 2014.
Previous winners:
|
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
|
2011 |
Zarkandar |
Daryl Jacob |
Paul Nicholls |
|
2012 |
Countrywide Flame |
Dougie Costello |
John Quinn |
|
2013 |
Our Conor |
Bryan Cooper |
Dessie Hughes |
|
2014 |
Tiger Roll |
Davy Russell |
Gordon Elliott |
|
2015 |
Peace And Co |
Barry Geraghty |
Nicky Henderson |
|
2016 |
Ivanovich Gorbatov |
Barry Geraghty |
Aidan O'Brien |
|
2017 |
Defi du Seuil |
Richard Johnson |
Philip Hobbs |
|
2018 |
Farclas |
Jack Kennedy |
Gordon Elliott |
|
2019 |
Pentland Hills |
Nico de Boinville |
Nicky Henderson |
|
2020 |
Burning Victory |
Paul Townend |
Willie Mullins |
The County Hurdle is a Grade 3 highly competitive handicap hurdle run over 2m abt 1f. It's open to horses aged five and over, run on the New Course with eight hurdles jumped.
Previous winners:
|
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
|
2011 |
Final Approach |
Ruby Walsh |
Willie Mullins |
|
2012 |
Alderwood |
A.P. McCoy |
Thomas Mullins |
|
2013 |
Ted Veale |
Bryan Cooper |
Tony Martin |
|
2014 |
Wicklow Brave |
Daryl Jacob |
Paul Nicholls |
|
2015 |
Wicklow Brave |
Paul Townend |
Willie Mullins |
|
2016 |
Superb Story |
Harry Skelton |
Dan Skelton |
|
2017 |
Arctic Fire |
Paul Townend |
Willie Mullins |
|
2018 |
Mohaayed |
Bridget Andrews |
Dan Skelton |
|
2019 |
Ch'tibello |
Harry Skelton |
Dan Skelton |
|
2020 |
Saint Roi |
Barry Geraghty |
Willie Mullins |
The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle is a Grade 1 race, run over abt 3m on the New Course. With 12 hurdles to jump, it's open to horses aged over four.
It's the ultimate test for the very best long-distance novice hurdlers and was first introduced to The Festival in 2005.
|
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
|
2011 |
Bobs Worth |
6 |
Barry Geraghty |
Nicky Henderson |
|
2012 |
Brindisi Breeze |
6 |
Campbell Gillies |
Lucinda Russell |
|
2013 |
At Fishers Cross |
6 |
A.P. McCoy |
Rebecca Curtis |
|
2014 |
Very Wood |
5 |
Paul Carberry |
Noel Meade |
|
2015 |
Martello Tower |
7 |
Adrian Heskin |
Margaret Mullins |
|
2016 |
Unowhatimeanharry |
8 |
Noel Fehily |
Harry Fry |
|
2017 |
Penhill |
6 |
Paul Townend |
Willie Mullins |
|
2018 |
Kilbricken Storm |
7 |
Harry Cobden |
Colin Tizzard |
|
2019 |
Minella Indo |
6 |
Rachael Blackmore |
Henry de Bromhead |
|
2020 |
Monkfish |
6 |
Paul Townend |
Willie Mullins |
St. James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters' Chase is run over the same course and distance as the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but is restricted to amateur jockeys.
The race is open to horses aged five and older, run over a distance of 3m abt 2½ f with 22 fences jumped.
|
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
|
2011 |
Zemsky |
8 |
Derek O'Connor |
Ian Ferguson |
|
2012 |
Salsify |
7 |
Colman Sweeney |
Roger Sweeney |
|
2013 |
Salsify |
8 |
Colman Sweeney |
Roger Sweeney |
|
2014 |
Tammys Hill |
9 |
James Smyth |
Liam Lennon |
|
2015 |
On The Fringe |
10 |
Nina Carberry |
Enda Bolger |
|
2016 |
On The Fringe |
11 |
Nina Carberry |
Enda Bolger |
|
2017 |
Pacha Du Polder |
10 |
Bryony Frost |
Paul Nicholls |
|
2018 |
Pacha Du Polder |
11 |
Harriet Tucker |
Paul Nicholls |
|
2019 |
Hazel Hill |
11 |
Alex Edwards |
Philip Rowley |
|
2020 |
It Came to Pass |
10 |
Maxine O'Sullivan |
Eugene O'Sullivan |
The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle is the final race of The Cheltenham Festival. It's a race for conditional jockeys and for horses aged four and older. It's run on the New Course, over a distance of 2m abt 4½ f with nine hurdles jumped.
The race is named after Martin Pipe, who was a very successful Jumps trainer, with 34 Cheltenham Festival winners. The race was first to run in 2009.
Previous winners:
|
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Weight |
Jockey |
Trainer |
|
2009 |
Andytown |
6 |
11-02 |
Felix de Giles |
Nicky Henderson |
|
2010 |
Pause and Clause |
6 |
11–10 |
Johnny Farrelly |
Emma Lavelle |
|
2011 |
Sir Des Champs |
5 |
11-06 |
Emmet Mullins |
Willie Mullins |
|
2012 |
Attaglance |
6 |
11-06 |
Harry Haynes |
Malcolm Jefferson |
|
2013 |
Salubrious |
6 |
11-08 |
Harry Derham |
Paul Nicholls |
|
2014 |
Don Poli |
5 |
11-05 |
Mikey Fogarty |
Willie Mullins |
|
2015 |
Killultagh Vic |
6 |
11-01 |
Luke Dempsey |
Willie Mullins |
|
2016 |
Ibis du Rheu |
5 |
11-07 |
Jack Sherwood |
Paul Nicholls |
|
2017 |
Champagne Classic |
6 |
11-03 |
James Slevin |
Gordon Elliott |
|
2018 |
Blow By Blow |
7 |
11-10 |
Donagh Meyler |
Gordon Elliott |
|
2019 |
Early Doors |
6 |
11-10 |
Jonjo O'Neill Jr |
Joseph Patrick O'Brien |
|
2020 |
Indefatigable |
7 |
11-09 |
Rex Dingle |
Paul Webber |