Paddy Power Gold Cup
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The Paddy Power 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 2 miles 4½ furlongs (4,124 metres) on the Old Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in mid November.
It is a major early-season handicap chase, and has been won by many top class horses. There are fifteen fences to be jumped in the race.
It was first run in 1960 as the Mackeson Gold Cup, and continued with that name until 1995. The following year it became the Murphy's Gold Cup, sponsored by Murphy's, and changed in 2000 to the Thomas Pink Gold Cup, sponsored by the clothing retailer Thomas Pink. It has been known by its present name since 2003, when the bookmaking company Paddy Power took over the sponsorship.
Martin Pipe trained seven winners of the race from 1996 to 2005. Six of these were owned by David Johnson (Shooting Light was the exception).
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1960 | Fortria | 8 | 12-00 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1961 | Scottish Memories | 7 | 10-12 | C Finnegan | Arthur Thomas |
| 1962 | Fortria | 10 | 12-00 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1963 | Richard of Bordeaux | 8 | 10-05 | Bobby Beasley | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1964 | Super Flash | 9 | 10-05 | Stan Mellor | Frank Cundell |
| 1965 | Dunkirk | 8 | 12-07 | Bill Rees | Peter Cazalet |
| 1966 | Pawnbroker | 8 | 11-09 | Paddy Broderick | Arthur Stephenson |
| 1967 | Charlie Worcester | 10 | 10-11 | Josh Gifford | Ryan Price |
| 1968 | Jupiter Boy | 7 | 10-03 | Eddie Harty | Fred Rimell |
| 1969 | Gay Trip | 9 | 11-05 | Terry Biddlecombe | Fred Rimell |
| 1970 | Chatham | 6 | 10-03 | Ken White | Fred Rimell |
| 1971 | Gay Trip | 9 | 11-03 | Terry Biddlecombe | Fred Rimell |
| 1972 | Red Candle | 8 | 10-00 | Jimmy Fox | Ricky Vallance |
| 1973 | Skymas | 8 | 10-05 | Stan Murphy | Brian Lusk |
| 1974 | Bruslee | 8 | 10-07 | Andrew Turnell | Michael Scudamore |
| 1975 | Clear Cut | 11 | 10-09 | David Greaves | Maurice Camacho |
| 1976 | Cancello | 7 | 11-01 | Dennis Atkins | Neville Crump |
| 1977 | Bachelor's Hall | 7 | 10-06 | Martin O'Halloran | Peter Cundell |
| 1978 | Bawnogues | 7 | 10-07 | Craig Smith | Martin Tate |
| 1979 | Man Alive | 8 | 10-09 | Ron Barry | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1980 | Bright Highway | 6 | 11-01 | Gerry Newman | Michael O'Brien |
| 1981 | Henry Kissinger | 7 | 10-13 | Paul Barton | David Gandolfo |
| 1982 | Fifty Dollars More | 7 | 11-00 | Richard Linley | Fred Winter |
| 1983 | Pounentes | 6 | 10-06 | Neale Doughty | Billy McGhie |
| 1984 | Half Free | 8 | 11-10 | Richard Linley | Fred Winter |
| 1985 | Half Free | 9 | 11-10 | Richard Linley | Fred Winter |
| 1986 | Very Promising | 8 | 11-13 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1987 | Beau Ranger | 9 | 10-02 | Mark Perrett | Martin Pipe |
| 1988 | Pegwell Bay | 7 | 11-02 | Peter Scudamore | Tim Forster |
| 1989 | Joint Sovereignty | 9 | 10-04 | Graham McCourt | Philip Hobbs |
| 1990 | Multum In Parvo | 7 | 10-02 | Norman Williamson | John Edwards |
| 1991 | Another Coral | 8 | 10-01 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1992 | Tipping Tim | 7 | 10-10 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1993 | Bradbury Star | 8 | 11-08 | Declan Murphy | Josh Gifford |
| 1994 | Bradbury Star | 9 | 11-11 | Philip Hide | Josh Gifford |
| 1995 | Dublin Flyer | 9 | 11-08 | Brendan Powell | Tim Forster |
| 1996 | Challenger du Luc | 6 | 10-02 | Richard Dunwoody | Martin Pipe |
| 1997 | Señor El Betrutti | 8 | 10-00 | Jamie Osborne | Susan Nock |
| 1998 | Cyfor Malta | 5 | 11-03 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 1999 | The Outback Way | 9 | 10-00 | Norman Williamson | Venetia Williams |
| 2000 | Lady Cricket | 6 | 10-13 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 2001 | Shooting Light | 8 | 11-03 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 2002 | Cyfor Malta | 9 | 11-09 | Barry Geraghty | Martin Pipe |
| 2003 | Fondmort | 7 | 10-13 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2004 | Celestial Gold | 6 | 10-02 | Timmy Murphy | Martin Pipe |
| 2005 | Our Vic | 7 | 11-07 | Timmy Murphy | Martin Pipe |
| 2006 | Exotic Dancer | 6 | 11-02 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
