Ridden by Jim Culloty each time, Best Mate was priced at 7/1 in 2002 and then 8/11F in 2003. The most recent winner of at least three consecutive races was Best Mate in 2002. No horse has ever gone off at shorter odds in Gold Cup history than Arkle in 1966. When he won his final Gold Cup he was priced at 1/10F.
In 1964 he went off at odds of 7/4 when he first won the race but wasn’t the favourite. Gerry Wilson was the only jockey to ride him twice in 19.Īrkle is perhaps the most well-known horse to win the Gold Cup consecutively. Golden Miller was paired with four different jockeys over the five years. He went off at odds of 13/2 in his first win and at the age of eight went off at its shortest winning odds at 1/2. The horse won its first Gold Cup at the age of five and won it for five consecutive years. The most notable winner when the Gold Cup was run on the Old Course was Golden Miller. Since then only Al Boum Photo has managed to win it in back to back years, winning it in 20. The race has been run every year since it moved to the ‘New Course’, except for 2001 when there was an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.īest Mate matched the feat set by Arkle by winning the race on three consecutive occasions between 2002-04. He won the race three times between 1964-66 and even had The Arkle Challenge Trophy named after him at the Festival. With plenty of winners since then, one of the most popular and famous of them all is Arkle. In 1959 the Gold Cup was moved to the ‘New Course’ – the same course that is used to this day.
The horse won the Gold Cup for three consecutive years from 1948-50, which led to the increasing popularity of the race.
After the war, there was a new champion, Cottage Rake. Eight years later, the Gold Cup was cancelled twice during World War II. Golden Miller, who won every race from 1932-36, dominated the race. It wasn’t until March 1924 when jumps were introduced into the race on what had then become the ‘Old Course’. It was run on a flat course and was three miles long. The first ever Gold Cup was run in July 1819. The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the main race at the Cheltenham Festival that takes place every year in March.
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