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Cheltenham Day 4 – 18 March 2011

Cheltenham Gold Cup

 

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On course, the runners prepare to parade:

No.6  Kauto Star; No.5 Imperial Commander  

 

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On course, the runners prepare to parade:

Choc aboard No.10 Neptune Collonges;

Long Run and Denman in the background

 

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On course, the runners prepare to parade:

Denman in the foreground,

Choc and Neptune Collonges in the background

 

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On course, the runners prepare to parade:

Choc and Neptune Collonges;

In the background are (left to right) Kauto Star,

Long Run, Kempes and Midnight Chase

 

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The Pre-race Parade:

Sam Thomas aboard Denman

 

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The Pre-race Parade:

Paddy Brennan aboard Imperial Commander

 

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The Pre-race Parade:

Ruby Walsh aboard Kauto Star

 

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The Pre-race Parade:

Choc, looking pensive,

aboard Neptune Collonges

 

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The Pre-race Parade:

Choc aboard Neptune Collonges

 

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Choc and Neptune Collonges

canter to the start

 

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The Gold Cup field jumps the last with one circuit to go:

Right to left: Kauto Star (Ruby Walsh); Midnight Chase (Tom Scudamore); China Rock (Barry Geraghty);

Long Run (Sam Waley-Cohen); almost completely hidden behind Long Run is Pandorama (Paul Carberry);

Imperial Commander (Paddy Brennan); What A Friend (Daryl Jacob); Denman (Sam Thomas);

Kempes (AP McCoy); Neptune Collonges (Choc); Carruthers (Matty Batchelor);

Tidal Bay (Brian Hughes); Weird Al (Jason Maguire).

 

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Choc (Neptune Collonges) and

Tom Scudamore (Midnight Court) return;

the former finished 8th, the latter 5th (13 ran).

 

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Ruby Walsh and Kauto Star return;

they finished 3rd.  Daryl Jacob, also pictured,

finished 4th aboard What A Friend.

 

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The very gallant Denman returns;

having won the race in 2008,

he finished 2nd for the third year running.

 

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The victor returns.

Sam Waley-Cohen aboard Long Run.

 

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