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The 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday 14 March 2008. It was the 80th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup , and it was won by Denman . The winner was ridden by Sam Thomas , and the first three horses were all trained by Paul Nicholls .
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 (3 miles 2 furlongs and 70 yards, or 5,294 m), and during its running there are 22 fences to be jumped.
Denman was a liver chestnut gelding, bred in County Cork by Colman O'Flynn, who also bred his Grade One winning full brother, Silverburn. He was sent to the 2004 Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale as a four-year-old but this proved fruitless when one of the vets present said that the young "store" (a horse gelded early and intended for jump racing) could benefit from a hobday operation on his ...
Cheltenham Gold Cup schedule, racecard and all the action as the Festival concludes on Day 4
Cheltenham Gold Cup schedule, racecard and all the action as the Festival concludes on Day 4. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
The biggest race win of his career came in 2008, taking victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Denman beating stablemate Kauto Star. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Following his Gold Cup victory, Thomas had mixed form in 2008 which led to doubts in the media over his future with his current employers.
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He was victorious in his first two chases, both at Cheltenham in late 2007, and he won again in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham in November 2008, when he was ridden by Paddy Brennan for the first time. Returning to the Cheltenham Festival in 2009, he won the Ryanair Chase by 2 lengths from Voy Por Ustedes at odds of 6/1.