Recent Cheltenham Gold Cup Stories

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  2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup odds - Bobs Worth favourite to complete the double15 Mar 2013

  Bobs Worth is the ante-post favourite to join the steeplechasing greats by winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup for a second time in 2014. Nicky Henderson’s eight-year-old was a gutsy seven-length hero in rain-softened ground this year when he made it five wins out of five at Cheltenham and seven out of...

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  Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup replay - Bobs Worth wins Cheltenham Gold Cup15 Mar 2013

  Bobs Worth won the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup for Barry Geraghty and Nicky Henderson beating Sir Des Champs and stable mate Long Run. Bobs Worth was the 5/2 favourite to win the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup and he obliged for his backers, his trainer Nicky Henderson and his jockey Barry Geraghty, with a ...

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  Cheltenham Gold Cup 2013 - Paul Nicholls tips Silviniaco Conti to go close14 Mar 2013

  Paul Nicholls believes Silviniaco Conti has a good chance of providing him with a first Cheltenham Gold Cup success since the end of the Kauto Star and Denman era. The reigning champion trainer dominated the Blue Riband event of the Cheltenham Festival from 2007-2009 when Denman’s victory was sandw...

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  2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup - Sir Des Champs has every chance, says Willie Mullins14 Mar 2013

  Willie Mullins, the dominant trainer of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival so far, believes Sir Des Champs has “every chance” of giving him a first Gold Cup success on Friday. Sir Des Champs is going for a third consecutive Cheltenham Festival win, although his victories have not been in Grade One compan...

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  2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup - Long Run better value than Bobs Worth, says Nicky Henderson13 minutes ago

  Trainer Nicky Henderson has highlighted Long Run as the value bet of his duo in the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Long Run, the 2011 winner, bids to regain the crown having finished third last year at the end of a campaign when he won only one of his four starts having also twice been beaten by now-ret...

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  2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup runners - Bobs Worth heads field of 1144 minutes ago

  A field of 11 has been declared for the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup, in which Bobs Worth is set to start as favourite. Bobs Worth, a Nicky Henderson-trained eight-year-old, has not been seen in action since December 1 when he was an impressive winner of the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury. Henderson is a...

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  Bobs Worth 11/4 favourite for Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup9 Mar 2013

  Bobs Worth is a hot favourite to win the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup with the sponsors Betfred after 12 horses were entered at the six day declaration stage. Bobs Worth is the 11/4 favourite (from 3/1) with the sponsors for the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup after twelve horses were declared at the ...

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  2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup - Wayward Prince connections hope for good ground7 Mar 2013

  Connections of Wayward Prince are hoping the rain keeps away in the build-up to the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Owner-trainer Hilary Parrott has confirmed her nine-year-old will take his chance in the Blue Riband event of the Cheltenham Festival and would expect him to show his true colours if the go...

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  Imperial Commander to miss 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup with lung infection9 minutes ago

  Imperial Commander, winner of the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup, will miss the race this year because of a lung infection. Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies was convinced the 12-year-old was back in the same sort of form that saw him beat Denman and Kauto Star in the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Having been pul...

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  Captain Chris overpriced at 16/1 for Cheltenham Gold Cup, says Philip Hobbs45 minutes ago

  Trainer Philip Hobbs believes his 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup candidate Captain Chris is being underestimated in the build-up to next week’s Festival. The nine-year-old was narrowly beaten by Long Run in a pulsating finish to the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day, yet there is much mo...

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  Waley-Cohen confident in Long Run ahead of 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup4 Mar 2013

  Robert Waley-Cohen is confident that Long Run can regain his Cheltenham Gold Cup crown at Prestbury Park next week. The owner believes that his dual-King George hero is ready to himself justice in the blue riband and Waley-Cohen is confident that Nicky Henderson will have the French recruit roaring...

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  2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup: Sunnyhillboy set for Aintree Grand National warm-up1 Mar 2013

  Sunnyhillboy, runner-up in the 2012 Grand National, could have his warm-up race for his Aintree return in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The 10-year-old was pipped on the line by Neptune Collonges in the world’s greatest steeplechase last April, during which he struck into himself and subsequently had to...

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  2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup – Is Bobs Worth a deserving favourite?1 Mar 2013

  Bobs Worth has been favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup since winning the Hennessy at Newbury in November. The Nicky Henderson-trained chaser won that prestigious handicap in the style of a highly progressive horse with bookmakers quick to promote him to the head of the market, but is he a worthy...

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  2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup - Long Run to wear cheekpieces after successful trial1 Mar 2013

  Long Run, winner of the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup, is set to wear cheekpieces for the first time in public when he aims to regain his crown on March 15. The eight-year-old will don the sheepskin headgear either in addition to or instead of his usual noseband as connections are keen for him to concen...

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  Cheltenham Gold Cup 2013 Runners28 Feb 2013

  The Betfred Gold Cup will be the feature race at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival and this year's field looks to be one of the most competitive that there has ever been for the contest. The world famous race is a Class A Grade 1 chase run over three miles and about two and a half furlongs.  If the...