The Sodexo Live! Gold Cup is a Premier Handicap National Hunt race in Great Britain. It is a handicap steeplechase and is run at Ascot in late October or early November, over a distance of about 3 miles (2 miles, 7 furlongs and 185 yards, or 4,796 metres).
History The race was first run as the United House Gold Cup on 28 October 2006 as a Class 2 race. It was worth £100,000 and was run over three miles. In 2009 the race was upgraded to Listed class and was further upgraded to Grade 3 in 2011. Sodexo sponsored the race from 2015 to 2020 and Bateaux London were sponsors in 2021 and 2022. Sodexo returned for a further period of sponsorship in 2023.
Records Most successful horse: no horse has won the race more than once
Leading jockey (3 wins): Barry Geraghty – Roll Along (2008), Roberto Goldback (2012), Pendra (2015)
Leading trainer (3 wins): Gary Moore - Antony (2016), Traffic Fluide (2018), Larry (2021) Widest winning margin – Roberto Goldback (2012) – 9 lengths Narrowest winning margin – Harris Bay (2007) – neck Most runners – 17, in 2011 Fewest runners – 9, in 2007
Winners Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer 2006 See You Sometime 11 10–08 Wayne Kavanagh Seamus Mullins 2007 Harris Bay 8 10–07 Timmy Murphy Henrietta Knight 2008 Roll Along 8 11–01 Barry Geraghty Carl Llewellyn 2009 The Last Derby 5 10–03 Liam Treadwell Eoin Griffin 2010 Massini's Maguire 9 11–03 Tom Scudamore David Pipe 2011 Exmoor Ranger 9 10-10 Andrew Glassonbury Victor Dartnall 2012 Roberto Goldback 10 10-10 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson 2013 Houblon Des Obeaux 6 11–03 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams 2014 What A Warrior 7 10–06 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 2015 Pendra 7 10–07 Barry Geraghty Charlie Longsdon 2016 Antony 6 10–01 Jamie Moore Gary Moore 2017 Go Conquer 8 11–00 Aidan Coleman Jonjo O'Neill 2018 Traffic Fluide 8 11–12 Josh Moore Gary Moore 2019 Vinndication 6 11–00 David Bass Kim Bailey 2020 Regal Encore 12 10-10 Richie McLernon Anthony Honeyball 2021 Larry 8 10–00 Jamie Moore Gary Moore 2022 Our Power 7 11–02 Charlie Deutsch Sam Thomas 2023 Victtorino 5 10–12 Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams 2024 Chianti Classico 7 12–00 Tom Bellamy Kim Bailey 2025 Henry's Friend 8 11–10 Ben Jones Ben Pauling
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races
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