The 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the
Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 95th annual running of the
Cheltenham Gold Cup horse race
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...
and was held at
Cheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham Racecourse at Prestbury Park, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, hosts National Hunt horse racing. Its most prestigious meeting is the Cheltenham Festival, held in March, which features several Grade I races including the Chel ...
, Gloucestershire, England, on 17 March 2023.
The race was won by the 7-5 favourite
Galopin Des Champs, owned by Mrs Audrey Turley, trained in Ireland by
Willie Mullins and ridden by
Paul Townend. Mullins and Townend were both winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup for a third time in five years, after the victories of
Al Boum Photo
Al Boum Photo is a French-bred, Irish-trained racehorse who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2019 and 2020.
Background
Al Boum Photo is a dark bay gelding with a small white star, and was bred in France by Emmanuel Clayeux & Jacky Rauch. He initi ...
in 2019 and 2020. Bravemansgame finished second and Conflated was third.
Result
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References
External links
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