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 * Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP 1 Long Run 6 Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Nicky Henderson 7/2 fav 2 7 Denman 11 Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls 8/1 3 4 Kauto Star 11 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 5/1 4 nse What A Friend 8 Daryl Jacob Paul Nicholls 25/1 5 8 Midnight Chase 9 Tom Scudamore Neil Mulholland 9/1 6 3¾ Tidal Bay 10 Brian Hughes Howard Johnson 16/1 7 shd Pandorama 8 Paul Carberry Noel Meade (IRE) 14/1 8 3½ Neptune Collonges 10 Robert Thornton Paul Nicholls 33/1 9 34 Carruthers 8 Mattie Batchelor Mark Bradstock 66/1 PU Fence 21 Imperial Commander 10 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies 4/1 PU Fence 20 China Rock 8 Barry Geraghty Mouse Morris (IRE) 25/1 PU Fence 18 Kempes 8 Tony McCoy Willie Mullins (IRE) 9/1 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
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