The 2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the Betfred Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th annual running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup horse race and was held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday 14 March 2014.

Build-up A total of 36 entries were received for the race with 2013 winner Bobs Worth the 2/1 favourite, and 2013 King George VI Chase winner Silviniaco Conti at 7/2 second favourite.

The race was shown live on Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland.

Full result * Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP 1 Lord Windermere 8 Davy Russell Jim Culloty (Ire) 20/1 2 shd On His Own 7 David Casey Willie Mullins (Ire) 16/1 3 The Giant Bolster 8 Tom Scudamore David Bridgwater 14/1 4 1 Silviniaco Conti 8 Noel Fehily Paul Nicholls 11/4 5 Bobs Worth 9 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson 6/4 F 6 Lyreen Legend 7 Paul Carberry Dessie Hughes (Ire) 33/1 7 11 Knockara Beau 11 George Charlton Jan Faltejsek 66/1 8 Teaforthree 10 Nick Scholfield Rebecca Curtis 33/1 9 3 Houblon Des Obeux 7 Liam Treadwell Venetia Williams 50/1 10 6 Triolo D'alene 7 AP McCoy Nicky Henderson 10/1 11 Katenko 8 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams 66/1 UR Cloudy Too 8 Jonathan England Sue Smith 50/1 UR Last Instalment 9 Brian O'Connell Philip Fenton 15/2

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head.† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated. PU = pulled-up. NR = non runner. UR = Unseated Rider.

Race The race was won by 20/1 outsider Lord Windermere who won by a short head from On His Own after a stewards inquiry. Stewards admitted that the runner-up, On His Own, had been impeded, but ruled it was minor interference that did not affect the result.

Result after stewards inquiry 1. Lord Windermere: Jockey (Davy Russell), Trainer (Jim Culloty) 2. On His Own: Jockey (David Casey), Trainer (Willie Mullins)

Details Sponsor: Betfred Winner's prize money: £327,325.82 Going:Good Number of runners:13 Winner's time:6m 43.88s

See also Horseracing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races 2014 Grand National

References

External links 2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup at the Racing Post