1995 Cheltenham Gold Cup
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The 1995 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race
Horse racing
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 which took place at Cheltenham
Cheltenham Racecourse
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 on Thursday March 16, 1995. It was the 68th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup
Cheltenham Gold Cup
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 miles and 2½ furlongs , and during its running there are twenty-two fences to be jumped...

, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Master Oats. The winner was ridden by Norman Williamson
Norman Williamson
Norman Williamson is a professional jockey in the Irish National Hunt.- References :...

 and trained by Kim Bailey.

Williamson and Bailey were the first jockey-trainer partnership to win both the Gold Cup and the Champion Hurdle
Champion Hurdle
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 in the same year since 1950, having won the latter race two days earlier with Alderbrook
Alderbrook
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.

Race details

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  • Winner's prize money: £122,540.00
  • Going: Soft
  • Number of runners: 15
  • Winner's time: 6m 56.2s

Full result

* Horse Age Jockey Trainer SP
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1 Master Oats 9 Norman Williamson
Norman Williamson
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Kim Bailey 100/30 fav
2 15 Dubacilla (mare
Mare
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)
9 Dean Gallagher David Nicholson
David Nicholson (horse racing)
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20/1
3 15 Miinnehoma
Miinnehoma
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12 Richard Dunwoody
Richard Dunwoody
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Martin Pipe
Martin Pipe
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9/1
4 4 Merry Gale 7 Graham Bradley Jim Dreaper (IRE) 10/1
5 10 Young Hustler 8 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
Nigel Twiston-Davies
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33/1
6 3 Monsieur Le Cure 9 Peter Niven John Edwards 10/1
7 14 Beech Road 13 Tony McCoy
Tony McCoy
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Toby Balding
Toby Balding
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100/1
8 dist Jodami 10 Mark Dwyer
Mark Dwyer
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Peter Beaumont
Peter Beaumont (racehorse trainer)
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7/2
9 dist Commercial Artist 9 Colin Bowens Victor Bowens (IRE) 100/1
Fell Fence 15 Barton Bank
Barton Bank
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9 David Bridgwater David Nicholson
David Nicholson (horse racing)
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8/1
UR Fence 13 Algan 7 Philippe Chevalier François Doumen
François Doumen
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 (FR)
16/1
PU Fence 13 Deep Bramble 8 Chris Maude Paul Nicholls
Paul Nicholls (horse racing)
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14/1
Fell Fence 13 Flashing Steel 10 Jamie Osborne
Jamie Osborne
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John Mulhern (IRE) 25/1
UR Fence 9 Nuaffe 10 Sean O'Donovan Pat Fahy (IRE
Ireland
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)
50/1
UR Fence 6 Val d'Alene 8 Adam Kondrat François Doumen
François Doumen
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 (FR)
10/1


* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths
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 or shorter. UR = unseated rider; PU = pulled-up.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.
Note: Due to poor ground conditions the race was run partly on the Old Course, and during its running there were 19 fences to jump.

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Master Oats:
  • Foaled: 1986 in Great Britain
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  • Sire: Oats; Dam: Miss Poker Face (Raise You Ten)
  • Owner: Paul Matthews
  • Breeder: Mr and Mrs R. F. Knipe
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