The 1990 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday March 15, 1990. It was the 63rd running of the

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 (3 ...

, and it was won by Norton's Coin. The winner was ridden by Graham McCourt and trained by Sirrel Griffiths. The pre-race favourite

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finished third. With a

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of 100/1, Norton's Coin became the longest-odds winner in the race's history; he had only been entered due a mistake over the deadline for another race.Legends of Welsh Sport
BBC 2022 He was the second winner to be trained in

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– the first was Patron Saint in 1928.

Race details

* ''Sponsor:'' Tote * ''Winner's prize money:'' £67,003.40 * ''Going:'' Good to Firm * ''Number of runners:'' 12 * ''Winner's time:'' 6m 30.9s (new record)

Full result

* The distances between the horses are shown in

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

Winner's details

Further details of the winner,

Norton's Coin Norton's Coin (16 March 1981 – 15 January 2001) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for his 100/1 win in the 1990 Cheltenham Gold Cup. He was an obscurely-bred gelding owned and trained in Wales by Sirrell Griffiths, a dairy ...

: * ''Foaled:'' 1981 in

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* ''Sire:'' Mount Cassino; ''Dam:'' Grove Chance ( St Columbus) * ''Owner:'' Sirrel Griffiths * ''Breeder:'' G. P. Thomas

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 (3 ...

1990

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 (3 ...

1990s in Gloucestershire