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.
[1] 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[2] while Long Run was the first six-year-old to win the race since Mill House in 1963.
[1] * 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.