Result 13:50 · Cheltenham

Racing Post Gold Cup Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Grade 3Handicap2m 4f 110yGood To Soft4yo+ · 13 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 10.46s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Coole Cody (IRE)	Adam Wedge	Evan Williams	—	13.0	16.2
2	Zanza (IRE)	Tom O'Brien	Philip Hobbs	2L	13.0	13.0
3	Midnight Shadow (GB)	Ryan Mania	Sue Smith	2L	6.50	7.68
4	Fusil Raffles (FR)	Daryl Jacob	N J Henderson	4¾L	6.00	6.60
5	Deyrann De Carjac (FR)	Brendan Powell	A King	13¼L	19.0	17.0
6	Lalor (GER)	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls	27¼L	8.50	9.00
7	Topofthecotswolds (IRE)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Nigel Twiston-Davies	28L	41.0	50.0
8	Siruh Du Lac (FR)	Tom Scudamore	D Pipe	33L	26.0	42.0
9	Beakstown (IRE)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	33½L	6.50	7.56
10	Cepage (FR)	Charlie Deutsch	Venetia Williams	46½L	19.0	19.6
11	Francky Du Berlais (FR)	S Bowen	Peter Bowen	46½L	151.0	200.0
PU	Dostal Phil (FR)	Aidan Coleman	Philip Hobbs	—	8.00	8.98
PU	Farinet (FR)	Rachael Blackmore	Venetia Williams	—	7.50	8.13

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Cepage (FR)

9yo · 11-12 · OR 157

17P144 J Charlie Deutsch T Venetia Williams —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Mar 21	Cheltenham	3m 1f	Soft	C1	4/16	10¼L	15.0
21 Feb 21	Newbury	2m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	4/7	15L	8.00
09 Jan 21	Chepstow	2m 3f 110y	Heavy	C2	1/6	—	3.75

4 wins from 19 · placed 10

Course winner: 1 win from 8 here

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Midnight Shadow (GB)

8yo · 11-9 · OR 154

602P31 J Ryan Mania T Sue Smith —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Nov 21	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good	C1	1/19	—	10.0
24 Oct 21	Aintree	2m 4f	Good	C1	3/8	2½L	13.0
17 Feb 21	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C2	PU	—	8.00

7 wins from 25 · placed 16

Course winner: 3 wins from 7 here

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Fusil Raffles (FR)

6yo · 11-7 · OR 152

P12P21 J Daryl Jacob T N J Henderson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
30 Oct 21	Wetherby	3m	Good To Soft	C1	1/7	—	4.33
10 Oct 21	Newton Abbot	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C2	2/4	5½L	3.25
08 Apr 21	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	PU	—	3.25

7 wins from 13 · placed 9

Course winner: 2 wins from 5 here

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Lalor (GER) t,p

9yo · 11-6 · OR 151

433PP3 J Harry Cobden T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Nov 21	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good	C1	3/19	2¼L	8.00
05 May 21	Newton Abbot	2m 5f	Good	C2	PU	—	5.50
10 Apr 21	Aintree	3m 1f	Good To Soft	C1	PU	—	15.0

5 wins from 19 · placed 13

Course winner: 1 win from 6 here

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Zanza (IRE)

7yo · 11-0 · OR 145

1FP636 J Tom O'Brien T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Nov 21	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good	C1	6/19	5¾L	13.0
02 Nov 21	Exeter	2m 1f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	3/6	3¾L	12.0
08 Apr 21	Aintree	2m	Good To Soft	C1	6/18	9¾L	17.0

5 wins from 20 · placed 7

5 runs here without a win

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Dostal Phil (FR)

8yo · 10-12 · OR 143

1323U4 J Aidan Coleman T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Nov 21	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good	C1	4/19	3¼L	17.0
30 Apr 21	Punchestown	2m 5f	Yielding	—	UR	—	6.00
08 Apr 21	Aintree	2m	Good To Soft	C1	3/18	2¾L	9.50

3 wins from 12 · placed 8

2 runs here without a win

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Francky Du Berlais (FR) t

8yo · 10-12 · OR 143

113168 J S Bowen T Peter Bowen —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Nov 21	Aintree	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C2	8/13	44½L	23.0
16 Oct 21	Market Rasen	2m 5f 110y	Good	C2	6/9	30¾L	8.50
17 Jul 21	Market Rasen	2m 5f 110y	Good	C1	1/16	—	12.0

7 wins from 31 · placed 21

Won 3 of 12 at around this trip

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Siruh Du Lac (FR)

8yo · 10-12 · OR 143

11PFU7 J Tom Scudamore T D Pipe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Oct 21	Cheltenham	3m	Good	C2	7/8	34¾L	13.0
14 Nov 20	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C1	UR	—	13.0
12 Mar 20	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	F	—	15.0

6 wins from 15 · placed 9

Course winner: 2 wins from 7 here

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Coole Cody (IRE)

10yo · 10-12 · OR 143

63442F J Adam Wedge T Evan Williams —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Nov 21	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good	C1	F	—	15.0
22 Oct 21	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good	C3	2/12	2L	12.0
14 Apr 21	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good	C1	4/9	11L	4.33

6 wins from 29 · placed 15

Course winner: 2 wins from 9 here

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Deyrann De Carjac (FR)

8yo · 10-2 · OR 133

30P350 J Brendan Powell T A King —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Nov 21	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good	C1	11/19	9¼L	51.0
18 Jun 21	Market Rasen	2m 5f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	5/6	33L	5.00
19 May 21	Warwick	2m	Good To Soft	C2	3/6	12L	8.50

3 wins from 19 · placed 12

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Farinet (FR)

6yo · 10-2 · OR 133

31 J Rachael Blackmore T Venetia Williams —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Mar 21	Sandown Park	2m 4f	Soft	C1	1/9	—	7.50
20 Feb 21	Haydock Park	2m 4f	Soft	C3	3/7	8L	7.00

1 win from 2 · placed 2

Won 1 of 2 at around this trip

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Beakstown (IRE) t

8yo · 10-1 · OR 132

P24353 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Nov 21	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C3	3/9	5½L	5.00
10 Mar 20	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C1	5/20	13¼L	13.0
14 Dec 19	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C2	3/6	16¼L	5.00

2 wins from 10 · placed 7

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Topofthecotswolds (IRE)

7yo · 10-0 · OR 131

256P2U J Sam Twiston-Davies T Nigel Twiston-Davies —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Nov 21	Newbury	2m 6f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	UR	—	13.0
13 Nov 21	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	2/8	1¼L	6.50
17 Jul 21	Market Rasen	2m 5f 110y	Good	C1	PU	—	13.0

5 wins from 28 · placed 16

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