The most iconic Cheltenham Gold Cup winner as voted by the followers is Rachael Blackmore’s win on A Plus Tard in 2022 – as she pips each Arkle and Kauto Star to high the record.
Blackmore turned the first-ever feminine jockey to win the Gold Cup aboard A Plus Tard following her Grand National victory the earlier yr on Minella Times. A survey of greater than 1,500 sports activities followers in a Betfair ballot has topped it probably the most iconic within the pageant’s flagship race’s 100-year historical past.
The Irish star topped the record forward of Arkle who gained his third consecutive Gold Cup victory in 1966 by 30 lengths, the legendary horse had the second race of the Cheltenham Festival named after him – with Gaelic Warrior profitable the aptly named Arkle on Tuesday.
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Third on the record was Desert Orchid’s triumph in 1989 as he gained out in heavy rain and going to win the Gold Cup. Kauto Star’s history-making win in 2007 was fourth on the record as he turned the primary and solely horse up to now to win the Stayers’ Chase Triple Crown after profitable the Betfair Chase and the King George VI. While historical past makers spherical off the record with Sizing John’s 2017 victory in the identical season he gained the Irish Gold Cup and Punchestown Gold Cup.
Fans have been additionally requested whether or not they could be watching the Cheltenham Festival to which simply 39% mentioned sure, however an unimaginable 91% of these requested mentioned they might be tuning in to observe the Gold Cup.
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The survey has been launched alongside a brief movie known as Icons of the Gold Cup, to advertise Rachael Blackmore’s Serial Winners fund, a one-of-a-kind initiative that’s elevating cash for the Injured Jockeys Fund and Irish Injured Jockeys. Back in November, Betfair and Blackmore launched the fund at Haydock Park for the Betfair Chase with an preliminary £100,000 donation.
Throughout the season, £5,000 is added to the fund by Betfair any time Blackmore rides a winner as much as Grand National Day, and for the reason that launch, an extra £85,000 has been donated, taking the full as much as £185,000 originally of the pageant – with Blackmore’s wins on Slade Steel and Captain Guinness forward of the ultimate day of the pageant on Friday so as to add to that whole.
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Blackmore can be ridding outsider Jungle Boogie within the Gold Cup, however however she’s nonetheless as hungry to duplicate her victory from a few years in the past, talking in regards to the Gold Cup, she mentioned: “The Gold Cup is just such a special race. It’s one as a jockey that you’d love to ride in someday and to be able to say you’ve won it is just incredibly special. There’s been 100 years of Gold Cup history, and I’d love to make some more.”