1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup

Cool Dawn (IRE) won the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup at Cheltenham on 19 March 1998, trained by R H Alner and ridden by Andrew Thornton, at 25/1, beating Strong Promise I (IRE) by 1¾ lengths.

Updated 1998-03-19

Quick answers

Who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1998? Cool Dawn (IRE) won the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup at Cheltenham on 19 March 1998, trained by R H Alner and ridden by Andrew Thornton, at 25/1, beating Strong Promise I (IRE) by 1¾ lengths.
Who came second in the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup? Strong Promise I (IRE) (14/1) finished second, and Dorans Pride (IRE) (9/4F) was third.
Did the favourite win the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup? No. The 9/4 favourite Dorans Pride (IRE) finished 3rd of 17.
What was the winning time of the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup? Cool Dawn (IRE) won in 6m 39.50s over 3m2½f on Good going.
How much prize money did the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner get? Cool Dawn (IRE) earned £148,962 for winning the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup.
How many ran in the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup? 17 ran in the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup (average since 1990: 13.3).

Cool Dawn (IRE)Winner

25/1SP

17 ranRunners

6m 39.50sWinning time

£148,962Prize to winner

Dorans Pride (IRE) (9/4F): 3rd of 17Favourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 1¾	Cool Dawn (IRE)	25/1	10	12-0	Andrew Thornton	R H Alner	-	The Hon Miss D Harding	-	6m 39.50s	£148,962
2	1¾	Strong Promise I (IRE)	14/1	7	12-0	Norman Williamson	G A Hubbard	-	G A Hubbard	1¾	-	£55,758
3	hd	Dorans Pride (IRE)	9/4F	9	12-0	R Dunwoody	Michael Hourigan	-	T J Doran	2	-	£27,279
4	14	Senor El Betrutti (IRE)	33/1	9	12-0	Carl Llewellyn	Susan Nock	-	Gerard Nock	16	-	£11,745
5	3	Suny Bay (IRE)	9/1	9	12-0	Graham Bradley	Charlie Brooks	-	Uplands Bloodstock	19	-	£5,273
6	4	Simply Dashing (IRE)	33/1	7	12-0	Lorcan Wyer	Tim Easterby	-	Steve Hammond	23	-	£2,684
7	1¼	Challenger Du Luc (FR)	20/1	8	12-0	C Maude	M C Pipe	b	The Johnson Family	24¼	-	-
8	2	Barton Bank (GB)	33/1	12	12-0	Adrian Maguire	D Nicholson	-	Mrs J Mould	26¼	-	-
9	hd	Strath Royal (GB)	100/1	12	12-0	M Brennan	Owen Brennan	-	Exors Of The Late Lady Anne Bentinck	26½	-	-
10	dist	Yorkshire Gale (GB)	100/1	12	12-0	Leighton Aspell	J T Gifford	-	Bill Naylor	dist	-	-
11	6	Go Ballistic (GB)	12/1	9	12-0	Conor O'Dwyer	John O'Shea	-	Mrs B J Lockhart	dist	-	-
PU	-	Addington Boy (IRE)	12/1	10	12-0	Brian Harding	G Richards	-	Gott Foods Ltd	-	-	-
PU	-	Couldnt Be Better (GB)	33/1	11	12-0	D Gallagher	Charlie Brooks	-	R A B Whittle	-	-	-
PU	-	Cyborgo (FR)	10/1	8	12-0	A P McCoy	M C Pipe	-	County Stores Somerset Holdings Ltd	-	-	-
CO	-	Indian Tracker (GB)	150/1	8	12-0	J Lower	M C Pipe	-	Joe Joanne Richards	-	-	-
F	-	Rough Quest (GB)	14/1	12	12-0	Mick Fitzgerald	T Casey	-	A T A Wates	-	-	-
CO	-	See More Business (IRE)	11/2	8	12-0	Timmy Murphy	Paul Nicholls	-	Paul K Barber And Mr J A Keighley	-	-	-

Distances beaten are to the horse in front (Btn) and to the winner (Total btn). Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue strap, h hood, e/s eyeshield, ht hood and tongue strap. Prize money is shown in the currency of the country the race was run in (£ in Britain, € in Ireland).

How they ran next

Pos here	Horse	Next run	Course	Race	Result	SP
1	Cool Dawn (IRE)	1998-04-25	Sandown	42nd Whitbread Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3)	Pulled up	5/1F
2	Strong Promise I (IRE)	1998-04-03	Aintree	Mumm Melling Chase (Grade 1)	3rd of 5	2/1JF
3	Dorans Pride (IRE)	1998-04-02	Aintree	Martell Cup Chase (Grade 2)	4th of 8	15/8F
4	Senor El Betrutti (IRE)	1998-04-02	Aintree	Martell Cup Chase (Grade 2)	Pulled up	14/1
5	Suny Bay (IRE)	1998-04-04	Aintree	Martell Grand National Chase Handicap (Grade 3)	2nd of 37	11/1
6	Simply Dashing (IRE)	1998-04-02	Aintree	Martell Cup Chase (Grade 2)	2nd of 8	12/1
7	Challenger Du Luc (FR)	1998-04-04	Aintree	Martell Grand National Chase Handicap (Grade 3)	Fell	12/1
8	Barton Bank (GB)	-	-	-	Not run since	-
9	Strath Royal (GB)	1998-04-13	Wetherby	Wetherby Handicap Chase Class B	Won	100/30
10	Yorkshire Gale (GB)	1998-04-15	Cheltenham	Faucets For Mira Rada Showers Silver Trophy Chase Class A	4th of 4	10/1
11	Go Ballistic (GB)	1998-04-25	Sandown	42nd Whitbread Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3)	Brought down	25/1
PU	Addington Boy (IRE)	1998-11-28	Newbury	Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup (Handicap Chase) (Grade 3)	Pulled up	50/1
PU	Couldnt Be Better (GB)	1998-03-28	Newbury	Brown Chamberlin Handicap Chase Class B	Pulled up	7/2
PU	Cyborgo (FR)	1998-12-19	Ascot	Smurfit Long Walk Hurdle (Grade 1)	Pulled up	16/1
CO	Indian Tracker (GB)	1998-04-03	Aintree	Perrier Jouet Handicap Chase Class B	Pulled up	3/1
F	Rough Quest (GB)	1998-04-04	Aintree	Martell Grand National Chase Handicap (Grade 3)	Pulled up	11/1
CO	See More Business (IRE)	1998-11-18	Haydock	Edward Hanmer Memorial Chase (Limited Handicap) (Grade 3)	4th of 6	4/1

16 of 17 have run since; 1 won next time out.

Cheltenham Gold Cup winners by year

Year	Winner	SP	Trainer
2026	Gaelic Warrior (GER)	11/4JF	Willie Mullins
2025	Inothewayurthinkin (IRE)	15/2	Gavin Cromwell
2024	Galopin Des Champs (FR)	10/11F	Willie Mullins
2023	Galopin Des Champs (FR)	7/5F	Willie Mullins
2022	A Plus Tard (FR)	3/1F	Henry de Bromhead
2021	Minella Indo (IRE)	9/1	Henry de Bromhead
2020	Al Boum Photo (FR)	100/30F	Willie Mullins
2019	Al Boum Photo (FR)	12/1	Willie Mullins
2018	Native River (IRE)	5/1	Colin Tizzard
2017	Sizing John (GB)	7/1	Mrs John Harrington
2016	Don Cossack (GER)	9/4F	Gordon Elliott
2015	Coneygree (GB)	7/1	Mark Bradstock
2014	Lord Windermere (IRE)	20/1	J H Culloty
2013	Bobs Worth (IRE)	11/4F	Nicky Henderson
2012	Synchronised (IRE)	8/1	Jonjo O'Neill
2011	Long Run (FR)	7/2F	Nicky Henderson
2010	Imperial Commander (IRE)	7/1	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2009	Kauto Star (FR)	7/4F	Paul Nicholls
2008	Denman (IRE)	9/4	Paul Nicholls
2007	Kauto Star (FR)	5/4F	Paul Nicholls
2006	War Of Attrition (IRE)	15/2	M F Morris
2005	Kicking King (IRE)	4/1F	T J Taaffe
2004	Best Mate (IRE)	8/11F	Henrietta C Knight
2003	Best Mate (IRE)	13/8F	Henrietta C Knight
2002	Best Mate (IRE)	7/1	Henrietta C Knight
2000	Looks Like Trouble (IRE)	9/2	Noel Chance
1999	See More Business (IRE)	16/1	Paul Nicholls
1998	Cool Dawn (IRE)	25/1	R H Alner
1997	Mr Mulligan (IRE)	20/1	Noel Chance
1996	Imperial Call (IRE)	9/2	Fergus Sutherland
1995	Master Oats (GB)	100/30F	Kim Bailey
1994	The Fellow (FR)	7/1	F Doumen
1993	Jodami (GB)	8/1	P Beaumont
1992	Cool Ground (GB)	25/1	G B Balding
1991	Garrison Savannah (GB)	16/1	Mrs J Pitman
1990	Norton's Coin (GB)	100/1	Sirrell Griffiths

Years with a result in GB and IRE records since 1990.

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1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup

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