Kauto Star put down after field accident
National Hunt hero Kauto Star has been put down after sustaining fractures to his neck and pelvis
Cheltenham Gold Cup
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is held on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse in March. One of the most prestigious prizes in National Hunt racing, this Grade 1 steeplchase is run over 3 miles 2½ furlongs with 22 fences to be negotiated along the way.
The race has been won by such famous names as Arkle, Best Mate, Golden Miller, Kauto Star and Denman. In 2015 Coneygree became the first novice to win the race in more than 40 years.
The Gold Cup is the most valuable non-handicap chase in Britain and the 2021 running has a prize fund of £468,750.
In 2021, the race will be known as the WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup as the charity takes over from Magners, who sponsored the race in 2019 and 2020. WellChild is a national charity for seriously ill children, but whose headquarters are located in Celtenham.
Recent winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup:
2020: Al Boum Photo
2019: Al Boum Photo
2018: Native River
2017: Sizing John
2016: Don Cossack
2015: Coneygree
2014: Lord Windermere
2013: Bobs Worth
2012: Synchronised
2011: Long Run
2010: Imperial Commander
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Jacqueline Coward: Time to enjoy the sidelines [H&H VIP]
H&H's point-to-point columnist makes the most of her time off to enjoy the Cheltenham Festival
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Rare opportunity to meet National Hunt heroes
This year's Gold Cup winner and Kauto Star are among the stable stars of Lambourn who willl be on show on Good Friday
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Coneygree wins 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Coneygree becomes the first novice in 41 years to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup
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9 things you might not know about Cheltenham Festival Gold Cup jockey Leighton Aspell
H&H finds out more about the comeback king and Cheltenham Gold Cup hopeful, Leighton Aspell
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Richard Johnson: Cheltenham and a harsh punishment [H&H VIP]
H&H's racing columnist discusses his Cheltenham hopes for the last two days of the Festival and explains why he thinks the punishment the BHA handed a jockey was too harsh
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Cheltenham champion See More Business dies
The 1999 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner See More Business has died aged 24
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Cheltenham Festival: a trainer's wife's view
The wife of The Giant Bolster's trainer shares her emotions as she relives the week running up to the Cheltenham Gold Cup
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The Cheltenham Gold Cup: celebrating past winners in pictures
Don't miss today's main event — the Cheltenham Gold Cup. H&H looks back over popular past winners [pictures]
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Celebrating Arkle's 1st Cheltenham Gold Cup win: 50 years on [PICTURES]
H&H celebrates the 50th anniversary of Arkle's first Cheltenham Gold Cup
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Kauto to star in own documentary
Kauto Star has been showing off his new dressage moves at displays during the summer and now he is going to star in his very own documentary
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Jockey JT McNamara is seriously hurt after Cheltenham fall
The amateur rider is having surgery today after fracturing two verterbrae in his neck at the Cheltenham Festival on Thursday
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Imperial Commander ruled out of Gold Cup due to lung infection
Former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Imperial Commander has been ruled out of this year's race, due to a lung infection
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Cheltenham Gold Cup trophy worth £10,000 stolen
More than £150,000 worth of trophies and silverware have been stolen from racehorse owner Raymond Mould — including the trophy he won for the 1988 Cheltenham Gold Cup
