2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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.[1]

2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Cheltenham Gold Cup
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Date13 March 2015
Winning horseConeygree
Starting price7/1
JockeyNico de Boinville
TrainerMark Bradstock
OwnerThe Max Partnership
ConditionsSoft, Good to Soft in places

The race was won by Coneygree with a winning margin of a length and a half at the line.[2] Coneygree became the first novice to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup since 1974.[3][4][5]

Build-up

A week before the race Silviniaco Conti was listed as the favourite at odds of 3/1.[6]

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

Details
  • Sponsor: Betfred
  • Winner's prize money: £313,225.00 [7]
  • Going:Soft, Good to Soft in places
  • Number of runners: 16
  • Winner's time: 6m 42.70s

Full result

[8]

* 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

References
  1. "2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup". Cheltenham the Jockey Club. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  2. "Cheltenham Festival 2015: Coneygree's fairy-tale Gold Cup win eclipses farewells for Tony McCoy". The Independent. 13 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. "Coneygree wins thrilling Cheltenham Gold Cup". BBC Sport. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. "Coneygree all-the-way winner of the Gold Cup at Cheltenham Festival". The Guardian. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. "Coneygree wins Cheltenham Gold Cup". Daily Telegraph. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  6. "Cheltenham Festival 2015: The Coneygree conundrum". BBC Sport. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  7. Racing Post
  8. "2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
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