Betfred Gold Cup
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The Betfred Gold Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 3 miles 5½ furlongs (5,934 metres) at Sandown Park in late April.
It is a major late-season handicap chase, and has been won by many top class horses. There are twenty-four fences to be jumped in the race.
It was first run in 1957 as the Whitbread Gold Cup, and continued with that name until 2001. The following year it became the AtTheRaces Gold Cup, and changed to its present name in 2004 when the bookmaking company Betfred took over the sponsorship.
The Betfred Gold Cup meeting at Sandown Park combines both National Hunt and flat racing, and includes the Sandown Mile and the Sandown Classic Trial, both also currently sponsored by Betfred.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1957 | Much Obliged | 9 | 10-12 | H East | Neville Crump |
| 1958 | Taxidermist | 6 | 10-08 | Mr John Lawrence | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1959 | Done Up | 9 | 10-13 | Harry Sprague | Ryan Price |
| 1960 | Plummers Plain | 7 | 10-00 | R Harrison | L Dale |
| 1961 | Pas Seul | 8 | 12-00 | Dave Dick | Bob Turnell |
| 1962 | Frenchman's Cove | 7 | 11-03 | Stan Mellor | Tom Jones |
| 1963 | Hoodwinked | 8 | 10-09 | Pat Buckley | Neville Crump |
| 1964 | Dormant | 7 | 09-07 | Pat Buckley | Neville Crump |
| 1965 | Arkle | 8 | 12-07 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1966 | What a Myth | 9 | 09-08 | Paul Kelleway | Ryan Price |
| 1967 | Mill House | 10 | 11-11 | David Nicholson | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1968 | Larbawn | 9 | 10-09 | Macer Gifford | Michael Marsh |
| 1969 | Larbawn | 10 | 11-04 | Josh Gifford | Michael Marsh |
| 1970 | Royal Toss | 8 | 10-00 | Richard Pitman | C Handel |
| 1971 | Titus Oates | 9 | 11-13 | Ron Barry | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1972 | Grey Sombrero | 8 | 09-10 | Bill Shoemark | David Gandolfo |
| 1973 | Charlie Potheen | 8 | 12-00 | Ron Barry | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1974 | The Dikler * | 11 | 11-13 | Ron Barry | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1975 | April Seventh | 9 | 09-13 | S Knight | Bob Turnell |
| 1976 | Otter Way | 8 | 10-10 | J King | O Carter |
| 1977 | Andy Pandy | 8 | 10-12 | John Burke | Fred Rimell |
| 1978 | Strombolus | 7 | 10-00 | Tommy Stack | Peter Bailey |
| 1979 | Diamond Edge | 8 | 11-11 | Bill Smith | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1980 | Royal Mail | 10 | 11-05 | Philip Blacker | Stan Mellor |
| 1981 | Diamond Edge | 10 | 11-07 | Bill Smith | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1982 | Shady Deal | 9 | 10-00 | Richard Rowe | Josh Gifford |
| 1983 | Drumlargan | 9 | 10-10 | Mr Frank Codd | Edward O'Grady |
| 1984 | Special Cargo | 11 | 11-02 | Kevin Mooney | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1985 | By the Way | 7 | 11-00 | Robert Earnshaw | Monica Dickinson |
| 1986 | Plundering | 9 | 10-06 | Simon Sherwood | Fred Winter |
| 1987 | Lean Ar Aghaidh | 10 | 09-10 | Guy Landau | Stan Mellor |
| 1988 | Desert Orchid | 9 | 11-11 | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1989 | Brown Windsor | 7 | 10-00 | Michael Bowlby | Nicky Henderson |
| 1990 | Mr Frisk | 11 | 10-05 | Mr Marcus Armytage | Kim Bailey |
| 1991 | Docklands Express * | 9 | 10-03 | Anthony Tory | Kim Bailey |
| 1992 | Topsham Bay | 9 | 10-01 | Hywel Davies | David Barons |
| 1993 | Topsham Bay * | 10 | 10-01 | Richard Dunwoody | David Barons |
| 1994 | Ushers Island | 8 | 10-00 | Charlie Swan | Howard Johnson |
| 1995 | Cache Fleur | 9 | 10-01 | Richard Dunwoody | Martin Pipe |
| 1996 | Life of a Lord | 10 | 11-10 | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien |
| 1997 | Harwell Lad | 8 | 10-00 | Mr Rupert Nuttall | Robert Alner |
| 1998 | Call It a Day | 8 | 10-10 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1999 | Eulogy | 9 | 10-00 | Barry Fenton | Richard Rowe |
| 2000 | Beau | 7 | 10-09 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2001 | Ad Hoc | 7 | 10-04 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2002 | Bounce Back | 6 | 10-09 | A. P. McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 2003 | Ad Hoc | 9 | 10-10 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2004 | Puntal | 8 | 11-04 | Danny Howard | Martin Pipe |
| 2005 | Jack High | 10 | 10-00 | Garrett Cotter | Ted Walsh |
| 2006 | Lacdoudal | 7 | 11-05 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
* The original 1st was disqualified following a Stewards' Enquiry - Proud Tarquin (1974), Cahervillahow (1991), Givus a Buck (1993).
