The 1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a

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which took place at

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on Thursday 17 March 1994. It was the 67th running of the

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, and it was won by

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. The winner was ridden by Adam Kondrat and trained by

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. The pre-race favourite Jodami finished second. The Fellow won the Gold Cup at his fourth attempt, and he was the first ever winner of the race trained in

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. This was to be the final year

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television broadcast the race.

Race details

* ''Sponsor:'' Tote * ''Winner's prize money:'' £118,770.00 * ''Going:'' Good * ''Number of runners:'' 15 * ''Winner's time:'' 6m 40.7s

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:'' 2 May 1985 in

* ''Sire:'' Italic; ''Dam:'' L'Oranaise ( Paris Jour) * ''Owner:'' Marquesa Soledad de Moratalla * ''Breeder:'' Mlle A. M. Gaulin

References

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Cheltenham Gold Cup 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 ( ...

1994

Cheltenham Gold Cup 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 ( ...

1990s in Gloucestershire