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2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup

The 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday March 18, 2011. It was the 83rd running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Long Run who beat three previous winners of the Gold Cup in Kauto Star, Denman and defending champion Imperial Commander. Long Run was ridden by Mr Sam Waley-Cohen and trained by Nicky Henderson. Waley-Cohen became the first amateur jockey to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup since Jim Wilson on Little Owl in 1981 while Long Run was the first six-year-old to win the race since Mill House in 1963.

Race details

Sponsor: Totesport
Winner's prize money: £285,050.00
Going: Good
Number of runners: 13
Winner's time: 6m 29.70s

Full result

PU	Fence 14	Weird Al	8	Jason Maguire	Ian Williams	20/1

Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".

The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head; nse = nose; PU = pulled up. † Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Long Run:

Foaled: April 5, 2005 in France
Sire: Cadoudal; Dam: Libertina (Balsamo)
Owner: Robert Waley-Cohen
Breeder: Mrs Marie-Christine Gabeur

References

sportinglife.com

References

(2011-03-18). "Cheltenham: Long Run stars to secure Gold Cup glory". BBC Sport.
(2011-03-18). "Long Run gives Sam Waley-Cohen a "big day" in Gold Cup". guardian.co.uk.

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