2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup

2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup

Cheltenham Gold Cup
Location	Cheltenham Racecourse
Date	18 March 2016
Winning horse	Don Cossack
Starting price	9/4 F
Jockey	Bryan Cooper
Trainer	Gordon Elliott
Owner	Gigginstown House Stud
Conditions	Good

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.

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.