The 2019 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the

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Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st annual running of the

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and was held at

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, Gloucestershire, England, on 15 March 2019. The race was won by

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, ridden by

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and trained by

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. Invitation Only ridden by Patrick Mullins suffered a fatal injury after a fall during the race.

Details

* ''Sponsor:''

* ''Winner's prize money:'' £351,687.50 * ''Going:'' Good to Soft * ''Number of runners:'' 16 * ''Winner's time: ''6m 39.06s

References

External links

2019 Cheltenham Gold Cup
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Cheltenham Gold Cup The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of about 3 miles 2½ furlongs ...

2019

Cheltenham Gold Cup The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of about 3 miles 2½ furlongs ...

2010s in Gloucestershire

Cheltenham Gold Cup The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of about 3 miles 2½ furlongs ...