2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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The 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday March 18, 2005. It was the 77th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and was won by the pre-race favourite Kicking King, ridden by Barry Geraghty and trained by Tom Taaffe.


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[edit] Full result

  • Going: Good
  • 15 ran
  • Winner's time: 6m 42.9s
  • Winner's prize: £212,268


* Horse Age Jockey Trainer † SP
1 Kicking King 7 Barry Geraghty Tom Taaffe (IRE) 4/1 fav
2 5 Take the Stand 9 Tony Dobbin Peter Bowen 25/1
3 8 Sir Rembrandt 9 Andrew Thornton Robert Alner 12/1
4 nk Royal Auclair 8 Christian Williams Paul Nicholls 40/1
5 9 Grey Abbey 11 Graham Lee Howard Johnson 15/2
6 1¼ Strong Flow 8 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 5/1
7 ½ Celestial Gold 7 Timmy Murphy Martin Pipe 9/2
8 14 Ballycassidy 9 Seamus Durack Peter Bowen 80/1
9 11 Therealbandit 8 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe 16/1
10 dist Astonville 11 Tom Scudamore Michael Scudamore 500/1
PU Fence 21 Beef or Salmon 9 Paul Carberry Michael Hourigan (IRE) 5/1
PU Fence 21 Venn Ottery 10 Jamie Moore Martin Pipe 200/1
PU Fence 20 Tiutchev 12 Robert Thornton Martin Pipe 50/1
PU Fence 19 Truckers Tavern 10 Brian Harding Ferdy Murphy 100/1
Fell Fence 17 Pizarro 8 Davy Russell Edward O'Grady (IRE) 14/1

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck; PU = pulled-up.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

[edit] Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Kicking King:

  • Foaled: April 10, 1998 in Ireland
  • Sire: Old Vic; Dam: Fairy Blaze (Good Thyne)
  • Owner: Conor Clarkson
  • Breeder: Sunnyhill Stud

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