{"id":32188,"date":"2025-01-24T16:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T16:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=32188"},"modified":"2025-01-24T16:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T16:12:44","slug":"cotswold-chase-winners-and-cheltenham-gold-cup-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/cotswold-chase-winners-and-cheltenham-gold-cup-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Was The Last Cotswold Chase Winner To Win The Cheltenham Gold Cup?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We showcase the past Cotswold Chase winners ahead of this Saturday’s big Cheltenham Trials Day race – which is often billed as a Gold Cup Trial. But has it really been a good guide to the big Blue Riband race at the Festival?<\/strong><\/p>\n

With that in mind, we delve deeper into the past Cotswold Chase<\/a> winners and see how many horse have won both races, plus who the last one was.<\/p>\n

Looks Like Trouble Was The Last Cotswold Chase Winner To Land The Gold Cup<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The quick answer to -is the Cotswold Chase<\/strong> is a good pointer towards the Cheltenham Gold Cup<\/strong> on March 14th?<\/p>\n

Is no – not really.<\/p>\n

Okay, in more recent times the Gold Cup has been dominated by the top Irish stayers – like Galopin Des Champs, A Plus Tard, Minella Indo and Al Boum Photo – and these don’t often have the Cotswold Chase on their radars.<\/p>\n

That said, the Cotswold Chase was won by an Irish horse in 2024 – Capodanno – but you have to go back to the Ted Walsh-trained Rince Ri in 2002 to find the next winner from the Emerald Isle.<\/p>\n

You then have to go back another two years from there (2000) to come across the last Cotswold Chase winner that went onto land the Cheltenham Gold Cup that same horse racing<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

Step forward LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This 8 year-old was ridden by Norman Williamson in the 2000 Cotswold Chase, but a few months later the Noel Chance horse was guided home in the Gold Cup by Richard Johnson.<\/p>\n

In total, the horse won eight of his 14 chase starts and amassed \u00a3343,251 in total prize money.<\/p>\n

Looks Like Trouble was also sent off favourite with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a> for the 2002 Gold Cup – but finished 13th (of 18) to a certain Best Mate, who went onto land three Gold Cups in total.<\/p>\n

Did you know? His last ever race was on the flat.<\/p>\n

He finished unplaced in the Queen Alexandra Stakes at Royal Ascot – ridden by former top flat jockey and now trainer Richard Hughes. \ud83d\ude2e<\/p>\n