The 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the Betfred Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 87th annual running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup horse race and was held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday 13 March 2015.
[1] The race was won by Coneygree with a winning margin of a length and a half at the line.
[2] Coneygree became the first novice to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup since 1974.
[3][4][5] A week before the race Silviniaco Conti was listed as the favourite at odds of 3/1.
[6] The race was shown live on Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland.