2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup

The 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday March 18, 2011. It was the 83rd running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Long Run who beat three previous winners of the Gold Cup in Kauto Star, Denman and defending champion Imperial Commander.[1] Long Run was ridden by Mr Sam Waley-Cohen and trained by Nicky Henderson. Waley-Cohen became the first amateur jockey to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup since Jim Wilson on Little Owl in 1981[2] while Long Run was the first six-year-old to win the race since Mill House in 1963.[1]

Race details

  • Sponsor: Totesport
  • Winner's prize money: £285,050.00
  • Going: Good
  • Number of runners: 13
  • Winner's time: 6m 29.70s

Full result

* Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP
1 Long Run 6 Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Nicky Henderson 7/2 fav
2 7 Denman 11 Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls 8/1
3 4 Kauto Star 11 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 5/1
4 nse What A Friend 8 Daryl Jacob Paul Nicholls 25/1
5 8 Midnight Chase 9 Tom Scudamore Neil Mulholland 9/1
6 3¾ Tidal Bay 10 Brian Hughes Howard Johnson 16/1
7 shd Pandorama 8 Paul Carberry Noel Meade (IRE) 14/1
8 3½ Neptune Collonges 10 Robert Thornton Paul Nicholls 33/1
9 34 Carruthers 8 Mattie Batchelor Mark Bradstock 66/1
PU Fence 21 Imperial Commander 10 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies 4/1
PU Fence 20 China Rock 8 Barry Geraghty Mouse Morris (IRE) 25/1
PU Fence 18 Kempes 8 Tony McCoy Willie Mullins (IRE) 9/1
PU Fence 14 Weird Al 8 Jason Maguire Ian Williams 20/1
  • Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head; nse = nose; PU = pulled up.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Long Run:

References

  1. ^ a b "Cheltenham: Long Run stars to secure Gold Cup glory". BBC Sport. 2011-03-18. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  2. ^ "Long Run gives Sam Waley-Cohen a "big day" in Gold Cup". guardian.co.uk. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2011-04-06.