The 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the Betfred Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th annual running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on 15 March 2013.
Nine horses ran and the steeplechase was won by 11/4 favorite Bobs Worth, who was trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by Barry Geraghty. Bobs Worth won by a distance of 7 lengths from second-placed Sir Des Champs, with Long Run in third.
The race was shown live on Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland.
Details Sponsor: Betfred Winner's prize money: £313,225.00 Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places. Number of runners: 9 Winner's time: 7 mins 5.06 secs
Full result
* Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP 1 Bobs Worth 8 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson 11/4F 2 7 Sir Des Champs 7 Tony McCoy Willie Mullins (Ire) 4/1 3 2 3/4 Long Run 8 Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Nicky Henderson 7/2 4 6 The Giant Bolster 8 Tom Scudamore David Bridgwater 16/1 5 6 Cape Tribulation 9 Denis O'Regan Malcolm Jefferson 12/1 6 13 Captain Chris 9 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs 14/1 7 37 Wayward Prince 9 Jack Doyle Hilary Parrott 100/1 Fell Fence Silviniaco Conti 7 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 4/1 PU Fence Monbeg Dude 8 Sam Twiston-Davies Michael Scudamore, junior 40/1 NR Bog Warrior 9 Tony Martin NR Sunnyhillboy 10 Tony McCoy Tony McCoy was due to ride Sunnyhillboy but Sunnyhillboy was declared non runner which allowed McCoy ride Sir Des Champs Jonjo O'Neill
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head.† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated. PU = pulled-up. NR = non runner
Winners details Further details of the winner, Bobs Worth. Sex: Gelding Foaled: 21 May 2005 Country: Ireland Sire: Bob Back; Dam: Fashionista (Kings Theatre) Owner: The Not Afraid Partnership Breeder: Mrs L Eadie
See also Horseracing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races 2013 Grand National
References
External links Race Details at Racing Post