The 1999 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a

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which took place at

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on Thursday March 18, 1999. It was the 72nd running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by See More Business. The winner was ridden by Mick Fitzgerald and trained by Paul Nicholls. The pre-race favourite Florida Pearl finished third. The jockey-trainer partnership of Fitzgerald and Nicholls completed a big-race double, as they had also won the previous day's Queen Mother Champion Chase with Call Equiname.

Race details

* ''Sponsor:'' Tote * ''Winner's prize money:'' £149,600.00 * ''Going:'' Good to Soft * ''Number of runners:'' 12 * ''Winner's time:'' 6m 41.9s

Full result

* The distances between the horses are shown in

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or shorter. nk = neck; PU = pulled-up.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, See More Business: * ''Foaled:'' April 26, 1990, in Ireland * ''Sire:'' Seymour Hicks; ''Dam:'' Miss Redlands ( Dubassoff) * ''Owner:'' Paul Barber and John Keighley * ''Breeder:'' Ian Bryant

References

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