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Ian Renton, Regional Director, Cheltenham & The South West, The Jockey Club Vicki Stones-Hurrell completed the 3rd race in this series of long distance races to. It's a beautiful, decorative trophy, dating back almost 100 years and it will sit perfectly on the winner's podium come March next year, when we crown the next Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup champion."
We are also delighted that it will now carry the names of all our previous winners on the plinth. "To bring the first ever Cheltenham Gold Cup trophy back to its rightful home and to use is as the perpetual trophy moving forwards really demonstrates the rich history and heritage of the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Its whereabouts over past decades are unclear, but it has been in private ownership in recent times. The 1924 Cheltenham Gold Cup weighs 644 grams of nine carat gold and is plated in 18 carat gold to give it a rich colour and will now be mounted on a plinth bearing the names of every horse to have ever won the great chase.Ĭommissioned and purchased from Simmons of Cheltenham, the 1924 trophy was created by S Blanckensee & Son Ltd of Birmingham. It is the first time that the trophy for the Cheltenham Gold Cup has changed since 1972. Cheltenham Racecourse is delighted to announce it has been reunited with the original Cheltenham Gold Cup trophy, dating back to 1924, and will present it to the winner of the 2019 Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup.įirst awarded 94 years ago to five-year-old Red Splash, owned by Major Humphrey Wyndham, trained by Fred Withington and ridden by Dick Rees, it will now be re-introduced as a perpetual trophy, presented to the winning connections of next year's race on Friday, Maand in future years.Ĭheltenham Racecourse was approached by the previous owner of the original Cheltenham Gold Cup it has been in a bank vault since the 1970s.
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