Coral Gold Cup

Steeplechase horse race in Britain

This article is about the horse race formerly known as the Hennessy Gold Cup. For the race in Ireland, see Hennessy Gold Cup (Ireland).

Horse race

Coral Gold CupClass| Premier Handicap

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Location| Newbury Racecourse
Newbury, England
Inaugurated| 1957
Race type| Steeplechase
Sponsor| Ladbrokes Coral
Website| Newbury
Race information
Distance| 3m 1f 214y (5,331 metres)
Surface| Turf
Track| Left-handed
Qualification| Four-years-old and up
Weight| Handicap
Purse| £200,000 (2020)
1st: £113,900
Hennessy Gold Cup Chase/Ladbrokes Trophy  2024

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Kandoo Kid  | Broadway Boy  | Victtorino
Previous years

2023
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Datsalrightgino  | Mahler Mission  | Monbeg Genius
2022
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Le Milos  | Remastered  | Gericault Roque
2021
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Cloudy Glen  | Fiddlerontheroof  | Brahma Bull
2020-2011

2020
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Cloth Cap  | Aye Right  | The Conditional
2019
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De Rasher Counter  | The Conditional  | Elegant Escape
2018
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Sizing Tennessee  | Elegant Escape  | Dingo Dollar
2017
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Total Recall  | Whisper  | Regal Encore
2016
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Native River  | Carole's Destrier  | Double Ross
2015
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Smad Place  | Theatre Guide  | First Lieutenant
2014
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Many Clouds  | Houblon Des Obeaux  | Merry King
2013
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Triolo D'Alene  | Rocky Creek  | Theatre Guide
2012
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Bobs Worth | Tidal Bay  | First Lieutenant
2011
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Carruthers  | Planet of Sound  | Fair Along
2010-2001

2010
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Diamond Harry  | Burton Port  | Denman
2009
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Denman | What A Friend  | Niche Market
2008
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Madison Du Berlais  | Air Force One  | Snoopy Loopy
2007
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Denman | Dream Alliance  | Character Building
2006
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State of Play  | Juveigneur  | Preacher Boy
2005
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Trabolgan | L'ami  | Cornish Rebel
2004
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Celestial Gold  | Ollie Magern  | Royal Auclair
2003
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Strong Flow  | Joss Naylor  | Take Control
2002
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Gingembre  | Harbour Pilot  | Whitenzo
2001
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What's Up Boys  | Behrajan  | Take Control
2000-1991

2000
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King's Road  | Gingembre  | Alexander Banquet
1999
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Ever Blessed  | Spendid  | Fiddling The Facts
1998
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Teeton Mill  | Eudipe  | Fiddling The Facts
1997
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Suny Bay  | Barton Bank | Eudipe
1996
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Coome Hill  | The Grey Monk  | Lo Stregone
1995
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Couldnt Be Better  | Rough Quest  | Superior Finish
1994
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One Man | Lord Relic  | Commercial Artist
1993
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Cogent  | Cahervillahow  | Black Humour
1992
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Sibton Abbey  | Jodami | The Fellow
1991
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Chatam  | Master Bob  | Man O'Magic
1990-1981

1990
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Arctic Call  | Master Bob  | Cahervillahow
1989
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Ghofar  | Brown Windsor  | Mr Frisk
1988
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Strands of Gold  | Handy Trick  | Mr Frisk
1987
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Playschool  | Contradeal  | Durham Edition
1986
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Broadheath  | Two Coppers  | Maori Venture
1985
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Galway Blaze  | Run And Skip  | Door Latch
1984
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Burrough Hill Lad  | Canny Danny  | Gaye Chance
1983
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Brown Chamberlin  | Gaye Chance  | Silent Valley
1982
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Bregawn  | Captain John  | Sea Captain
1981
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Diamond Edge  | Political Pop  | Straight Jocelyn
1980-1971

1980
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Bright Highway  | Silent Valley  | Peter Scot
1979
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Fighting Fit  | Zongalero  | Royal Stuart
1978
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Approaching  | Master H  | William Penn
1977
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Bachelor's Hall  | Fort Devon  | Aldaniti
1976
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Zeta's Son  | Tamalin  | Banlieu
1975
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April Seventh  | Collingwood  | Cuckolder
1974
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Royal Marshall  | Iceman  | Moonlight Escapade
1973
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Red Candle  | Red Rum  | Anthony Watt
1972
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Charlie Potheen  | Roman Holiday  | Ballysagert
1971
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Bighorn  | Young Ash Leaf  | Saggart's Choice
1970-1961

1970
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Border Mask  | Lord Jim  | Freddie Boy
1969
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Spanish Steps  | Larbawn  | Lord Jim
1968
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Man of the West  | Arcturus  | Fearless Fred
1967
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Rondetto  | Stalbridge Colonist  | What A Myth
1966
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Stalbridge Colonist  | Arkle  | What A Myth
1965
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Arkle  | Freddie  | Brasher
1964
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Arkle  | Ferry Boat  | The Rip
1963
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Mill House  | Happy Spring  | Arkle
1962
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Springbok  | Rough Tweed  | Knucklecracker
1961
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Mandarin  | John O'Groats  | Taxidermist
1960-1959

1960
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Knucklecracker  | Zonda  | Fearless Cavalier
1959
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Kerstin  | Brunel  | Croizet

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

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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.[1]

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.[2] Ladbrokes were announced as the new sponsor in February 2017[3] 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.[4]

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

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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

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* Weights given in stones and pounds

Year  | Winner  | Age  | Weight  | Jockey  | Trainer

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1957  | Mandarin | 6  | 11-00  | Gerry Madden | Fulke Walwyn
1958  | Taxidermist | 6  | 11-01  | John Lawrence[a] | 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 [b] | 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

1. ^ amateur rider
2. ^ Be My Royal finished first in 2002, but he was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance

## See also

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* Horse racing in Great Britain
* List of British National Hunt races

## References

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1. ^ "Carruthers claims Hennessy Gold Cup victory at Newbury". BBC Sport. 26 November 2011.
2. ^ "Hennessy Gold Cup sponsorship ends after 60 years". BBC News. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
3. ^ Lees, Jon. "Hennessy history as Newbury race renamed Ladbrokes Trophy". Racing Post. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
4. ^ Higgins, C (1 September 2022). "Coral take over sponsorship of Newbury's premier jumps race in three-year deal". Racing Post. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

* Evening Times:
* 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
* 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
* 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
* Racing Post:
* 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
* 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
* 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
* 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
* pedigreequery.com – Hennessy Gold Cup – Newbury.
* Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91. Aesculus Press. 1990. p. 42\. ISBN 1-871093-21-X.
* The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. 1993. p. 225\. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.

## External links

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* Race Recordings (1958-2010) youtube.com