Newbury Gold Cup Chase
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The Newbury Gold Cup Chase is a Grade 3 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 2 miles 4 furlongs (4,023 metres) at Newbury Racecourse in February. There are sixteen fences to be jumped in the race.
It is a handicap chase and was first run in 2004. It was run under the title of the Vodafone Gold Cup from 2004 until 2006 and the VC Casino.com Gold Cup in 2007.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2004 | Isio | 8 | 11-4 | Barry Geraghty | Philip Hobbs |
| 2005 | Supreme Prince | 8 | 10-12 | Paul Flynn | Philip Hobbs |
| 2006 | =Horus * | 11 | 10-9 | Jamie Moore | Martin Pipe |
| =Cornish Sett * | 7 | 11-4 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | |
| 2007 | Madison du Berlais | 6 | 11-5 | Tom Scudamore | David Pipe |
* The 2006 race finished in a dead heat.
