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The Coral Gold Cup is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 3 miles and 2 furlongs (3 miles, 1 furlong and 214 yards, or 5,225 metres), and during its running there are twenty-one fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late November or early December.

History The event was established in 1957 as the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup, and it was initially staged at Cheltenham. The winner of the inaugural running, Mandarin, was owned by Peggy Hennessy, a member of the family which founded Hennessy, the race's sponsoring company. It was transferred to Newbury in 1960, and it was won by Mandarin for a second time in 1961. The race's second running was won by Taxidermist, ridden by the amateur rider John Lawrence, later Lord Oaksey, who was the breeder and part-owner of the 2011 winner, Carruthers.

The race's association with Hennessy continued until the 60th running, in 2016, and was British racing's longest-running commercial sponsorship at the time. The record was previously held by the Whitbread Gold Cup, which was first run seven months before the "Hennessy", and which was sponsored by Whitbread until 2001. Ladbrokes were announced as the new sponsor in February 2017 and the race was run as the Ladbrokes Trophy until 2021. In 2022 Coral replaced Ladbrokes as the title sponsor and the race took its present title.

The race has been won by nine horses that have also won the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The most recent of these is Native River, the winner of the latter race in 2018.

Many Clouds became the first horse to win both the Hennessy Gold Cup and the Grand National, in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Mandarin – 1957, 1961 Arkle – 1964, 1965 Denman – 2007, 2009

Leading jockey (3 wins): Willie Robinson – Mandarin (1961), Mill House (1963), Man of the West (1968) Tom Scudamore - Madison du Berlais (2008), Sizing Tennessee (2018), Cloth Cap (2020)

Leading trainer (7 wins): Fulke Walwyn – Mandarin (1957, 1961), Taxidermist (1958), Mill House (1963), Man of the West (1968), Charlie Potheen (1972), Diamond Edge (1981)

Winners Weights given in stones and pounds Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer 1957 Mandarin 6 11–00 Gerry Madden Fulke Walwyn 1958 Taxidermist 6 11–01 John Lawrence Fulke Walwyn 1959 Kerstin 9 11–10 Stan Hayhurst Verly Bewicke 1960 Knucklecracker 7 11–01 Derek Ancil Derek Ancil 1961 Mandarin 10 11–05 Willie Robinson Fulke Walwyn 1962 Springbok 8 10–08 Gerry Scott Neville Crump 1963 Mill House 6 12–00 Willie Robinson Fulke Walwyn 1964 Arkle 7 12–07 Pat Taaffe Tom Dreaper 1965 Arkle 8 12–07 Pat Taaffe Tom Dreaper 1966 Stalbridge Colonist 7 10–00 Stan Mellor Ken Cundell 1967 Rondetto 11 10–01 Jeff King Bob Turnell 1968 Man of the West 7 10–00 Willie Robinson Fulke Walwyn 1969 Spanish Steps 6 11–08 John Cook Edward Courage 1970 Border Mask 8 11–01 David Mould Peter Cazalet 1971 Bighorn 7 10–11 David Cartwright Charlie Vernon Miller 1972 Charlie Potheen 7 11–04 Richard Pitman Fulke Walwyn 1973 Red Candle 9 10–04 Jimmy Fox Ricky Vallance 1974 Royal Marshall II 7 10–00 Graham Thorner Tim Forster 1975 April Seventh 9 11–02 Andrew Turnell Bob Turnell 1976 Zeta's Son 7 10–09 Ian Watkinson Peter Bailey 1977 Bachelor's Hall 7 10–10 Martin O'Halloran Peter Cundell 1978 Approaching 7 10–06 Bob Champion Josh Gifford 1979 Fighting Fit 7 11–07 Richard Linley Ken Oliver 1980 Bright Highway 6 11–06 Gerry Newman Michael O'Brien 1981 Diamond Edge 10 11–10 Bill Smith Fulke Walwyn 1982 Bregawn 8 11–10 Graham Bradley Michael Dickinson 1983 Brown Chamberlin 8 11–08 John Francome Fred Winter 1984 Burrough Hill Lad 8 12–00 John Francome Jenny Pitman 1985 Galway Blaze 9 10–00 Mark Dwyer Jimmy FitzGerald 1986 Broadheath 9 10–05 Paul Nicholls David Barons 1987 Playschool 9 10–08 Paul Nicholls David Barons 1988 Strands of Gold 9 10–00 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe 1989 Ghofar 6 10–02 Hywel Davies David Elsworth 1990 Arctic Call 7 11–00 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood 1991 Chatam 7 10–06 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe 1992 Sibton Abbey 7 10–00 Adrian Maguire Ferdy Murphy 1993 Cogent 9 10–01 Dan Fortt Andrew Turnell 1994 One Man 6 10–00 Tony Dobbin Gordon W. Richards 1995 Couldn't Be Better 8 10–08 Dean Gallagher Charlie Brooks 1996 Coome Hill 7 10–00 Jamie Osborne Walter Dennis 1997 Suny Bay 8 11–08 Graham Bradley Charlie Brooks 1998 Teeton Mill 9 10–05 Norman Williamson Venetia Williams 1999 Ever Blessed 7 10–00 Timmy Murphy Mark Pitman 2000 King's Road 7 10–07 Jamie Goldstein Nigel Twiston-Davies 2001 What's Up Boys 7 10–12 Paul Flynn Philip Hobbs 2002 Gingembre 8 10–13 Andrew Thornton Lavinia Taylor 2003 Strong Flow 6 11–00 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 2004 Celestial Gold 6 10–05 Timmy Murphy Martin Pipe 2005 Trabolgan 7 11–12 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson 2006 State of Play 6 11–04 Paul Moloney Evan Williams 2007 Denman 7 11–12 Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls 2008 Madison du Berlais 7 11–04 Tom Scudamore David Pipe 2009 Denman 9 11–12 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 2010 Diamond Harry 7 10–00 Daryl Jacob Nick Williams 2011 Carruthers 8 10–04 Mattie Batchelor Mark Bradstock 2012 Bobs Worth 7 11–06 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson 2013 Triolo D'Alene 6 11–01 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson 2014 Many Clouds 7 11–06 Leighton Aspell Oliver Sherwood 2015 Smad Place 8 11–04 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King 2016 Native River 6 11–01 Richard Johnson Colin Tizzard 2017 Total Recall 8 10–08 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2018 Sizing Tennessee 10 11–03 Tom Scudamore Colin Tizzard 2019 De Rasher Counter 7 10-10 Ben Jones Emma Lavelle 2020 Cloth Cap 8 10–00 Tom Scudamore Jonjo O'Neill 2021 Cloudy Glen 8 10–08 Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams 2022 Le Milos 7 11–00 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 2023 Datsalrightgino 7 10–07 Gavin Sheehan Jamie Snowden 2024 Kandoo Kid 8 11–05 Harry Cobden Paul Nicholls 2025 Panic Attack 9 10–05 Tristan Durrell Dan Skelton

See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races

References

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External links Race Recordings (1958–2010) youtube.com