The 1992 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a

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which took place at

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on Thursday 12 March 1992. It was the 65th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by

Cool Ground Cool Ground is a former National Hunt racehorse. He won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1992, as well as the Kim Muir in 1989, the Anthony Mildmay, Peter Cazalet Memorial Chase in 1990 and 1991, the Welsh National in 1990, and the Greenalls Gold C ...

. The winner was ridden by Adrian Maguire and trained by

Toby Balding Gerald Barnard Balding Jr. OBE (23 September 1936 – 25 September 2014), known as Toby Balding, was a British racehorse trainer, one of the few to have won the "big three" British jump races—the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Ch ...

. The pre-race favourite Carvill's Hill finished fifth. It was a controversial result, as some observers felt that the rank outsider Golden Freeze was ridden with the intention of unsettling Carvill's Hill by jumping alongside him at every fence.

Race details

* ''Sponsor:'' Tote * ''Winner's prize money:'' £95,533.00 * ''Going:'' Good * ''Number of runners:'' 8 * ''Winner's time:'' 6m 47.6s

Full result

* The distances between the horses are shown in

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or shorter. shd = short-head; PU = pulled-up; UR = unseated rider.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

Winner's details

Further details of the winner,

: * ''Foaled:'' 1982 in Great Britain * ''Sire:'' Over the River; ''Dam:'' Merry Spring ( Merrymount) * ''Owner:'' Whitcombe Manor Racing Stables Ltd * ''Breeder:'' N. J. Connors

References

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