2003 Coral Gold Cup

Strong Flow (IRE) won the 2003 Coral Gold Cup at Newbury on 29 November 2003, trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden by R Walsh, at 5/1 joint favourite, beating Joss Naylor (IRE) by 14 lengths.

Updated 2003-11-29

Quick answers

Who won the Coral Gold Cup in 2003? Strong Flow (IRE) won the 2003 Coral Gold Cup at Newbury on 29 November 2003, trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden by R Walsh, at 5/1 joint favourite, beating Joss Naylor (IRE) by 14 lengths.
Who came second in the 2003 Coral Gold Cup? Joss Naylor (IRE) (6/1) finished second, and Take Control (IRE) (25/1) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2003 Coral Gold Cup? Yes. Strong Flow (IRE) won as the 5/1 joint favourite.
What was the winning time of the 2003 Coral Gold Cup? Strong Flow (IRE) won in 6m 36.90s over 3m2f on Good To Soft going.
How much prize money did the 2003 Coral Gold Cup winner get? Strong Flow (IRE) earned £63,800 for winning the 2003 Coral Gold Cup.
How many ran in the 2003 Coral Gold Cup? 21 ran in the 2003 Coral Gold Cup (average since 1990: 16.8).

Strong Flow (IRE)Winner

5/1JFSP

21 ranRunners

6m 36.90sWinning time

£63,800Prize to winner

Strong Flow (IRE) (5/1JF): won; Irish Hussar (IRE) (5/1JF): pulled upFavourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Claim	Trainer	OR	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 14	Strong Flow (IRE)	5/1JF	6	11-0	R Walsh	-	Paul Nicholls	140	-	B C Marshall	-	6m 36.90s	£63,800
2	14	Joss Naylor (IRE)	6/1	8	10-9	Barry Geraghty	-	Jonjo O'Neill	135	-	Darren C Mercer	14	-	£24,200
3	1½	Take Control (IRE)	25/1	9	10-9	A P McCoy	-	M C Pipe	135	v	The Johnson Family	15½	-	£12,100
4	1¼	Hedgehunter (IRE)	9/1	7	10-4	D J Casey	-	Willie Mullins	130	-	Trevor Hemmings	16¾	-	£5,500
5	10	Merchants Friend (IRE)	66/1	8	10-3	Noel Fehily	-	Charlie Mann	129	-	Magic Moments	26¾	-	£2,750
6	26	Barrow Drive (GB)	20/1	7	11-2	Jim Culloty	-	Anthony Mullins	142	t	Exors Of The Late Mrs B Lenihan	dist	-	£1,650
7	5	Native Performance (IRE)	40/1	8	10-0	Timmy Murphy	-	Michael Hourigan	126	-	Donal O'Connor	dist	-	-
8	nk	Tom's Prize (GB)	50/1	8	10-1	Leighton Aspell	-	John Spearing	127	-	Mrs P Joynes	dist	-	-
9	5	Iznogoud (FR)	100/1	7	10-13	Mr G Elliott	3	M C Pipe	142	-	The County Stores And Avalon Surfacing	dist	-	-
10	11	Royal Predica (FR)	66/1	9	11-0	Jamie Moore	3	M C Pipe	143	t	P A Deal J S Dale A Stennett	dist	-	-
PU	-	Arlas (FR)	100/1	8	11-2	Tom Scudamore	-	M C Pipe	142	-	Matt Archer The Late Miss J Broadhurst	-	-	-
PU	-	Be My Belle (IRE)	50/1	7	11-0	John McNamara	-	S J Treacy	140	-	Mrs Monica Aherne	-	-	-
PU	-	Cruise The Fairway (IRE)	66/1	7	10-4	Philip Hide	-	Brendan Powell	130	-	R J T 290 Limited	-	-	-
PU	-	Gunther McBride (IRE)	20/1	8	10-10	Tom Doyle	-	Philip Hobbs	136	-	M J Tuckey	-	-	-
PU	-	Irish Hussar (IRE)	5/1JF	7	11-4	Mick Fitzgerald	-	Nicky Henderson	144	-	Major Christopher Hanbury	-	-	-
PU	-	Jungle Jinks (IRE)	25/1	8	10-6	Anthony Ross	-	George Moore	132	-	Mrs Mary And Miss Susan Hatfield	-	-	-
F	-	One Knight (IRE)	12/1	7	11-12	Richard Johnson	-	Philip Hobbs	152	-	R Gibbs	-	-	-
PU	-	Shardam (IRE)	9/1	6	10-10	Carl Llewellyn	-	Nigel Twiston-Davies	136	-	Howard Parker	-	-	-
F	-	Sir Rembrandt (IRE)	12/1	7	11-3	Andrew Thornton	-	R H Alner	143	-	A Hordle	-	-	-
BD	-	Take The Stand (IRE)	33/1	7	10-5	Seamus Durack	-	Peter Bowen	131	-	The Courters	-	-	-
PU	-	The Premier Cat (IRE)	10/1	7	10-13	J R Barry	-	T Cahill	139	-	J C Whyte	-	-	-

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	Strong Flow (IRE)	2003-12-26	Kempton	Network Design Feltham Novices' Chase Grade 1	won	4/11F
2	Joss Naylor (IRE)	2004-04-03	Aintree	Martell Cognac Grand National Chase Handicap Grade 3	pulled up	10/1CF
3	Take Control (IRE)	2003-12-27	Chepstow	Coral Welsh National Showcase Handicap (Chase)Grade 3	pulled up	10/1
4	Hedgehunter (IRE)	2003-12-27	Chepstow	Coral Welsh National Showcase Handicap (Chase)Grade 3	3rd of 14	7/2
5	Merchants Friend (IRE)	2003-12-27	Kempton	Pertemps People Development Group Handicap Chase Class C	fell	12/1
6	Barrow Drive (GB)	2004-01-01	Tramore	Wilf Dooly Chase	won	4/5F
7	Native Performance (IRE)	2004-03-14	Punchestown	Punchestown Pavilion Handicap Hurdle	14th of 19	20/1
8	Tom's Prize (GB)	2003-12-20	Warwick	SOL Construction Novices' Hurdle Class E	2nd of 16	10/11F
9	Iznogoud (FR)	2003-12-20	Ascot	cantorsport.co.uk Silver Cup (Handicap Chase) (Listed Race)	pulled up	7/1
10	Royal Predica (FR)	2003-12-20	Ascot	cantorsport.co.uk Silver Cup (Handicap Chase) (Listed Race)	pulled up	25/1
PU	Arlas (FR)	2003-12-18	Exeter	South-West Racing Club Handicap Chase Class C	6th of 7	9/1
PU	Be My Belle (IRE)	2003-12-28	Leopardstown	woodiesdiy.com Christmas Hurdle	2nd of 7	10/1
PU	Cruise The Fairway (IRE)	2005-01-12	Newbury	cantorspreadfair.com Handicap Chase (For The Harwell Trophy)	5th of 12	6/1
PU	Gunther McBride (IRE)	2003-12-31	Cheltenham	Tote Bookmakers Handicap Chase Class B	4th of 8	5/1
PU	Irish Hussar (IRE)	2004-02-14	Newbury	Aon Chase Grade 2	2nd of 8	13/2
PU	Jungle Jinks (IRE)	2003-12-27	Wetherby	skybet.com Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase (Listed Race)	pulled up	14/1
F	One Knight (IRE)	2004-12-04	Chepstow	John Hughes Rehearsal Chase (Handicap) (Listed Race)	won	9/4F
PU	Shardam (IRE)	2004-02-14	Newbury	Aon Chase Grade 2	8th of 8	16/1
F	Sir Rembrandt (IRE)	2003-12-06	Chepstow	John Hughes Rehearsal Chase (Listed Race)	won	9/4
BD	Take The Stand (IRE)	2003-12-18	Exeter	South-West Racing Club Handicap Chase Class C	won	9/4F
PU	The Premier Cat (IRE)	2003-12-27	Leopardstown	Paddy Power Handicap Chase	fell	20/1

21 of 21 have run since; 5 won next time out.

Coral Gold Cup winners by year

Year	Winner	SP	Trainer
2025	Panic Attack (IRE)	16/1	Dan Skelton
2024	Kandoo Kid (FR)	8/1	Paul Nicholls
2023	Datsalrightgino (GER)	16/1	Jamie Snowden
2022	Le Milos (GB)	9/2F	Dan Skelton
2021	Cloudy Glen (IRE)	33/1	Venetia Williams
2020	Cloth Cap (IRE)	9/1	Jonjo O'Neill
2019	De Rasher Counter (GB)	12/1	Emma Lavelle
2018	Sizing Tennessee (IRE)	12/1	Colin Tizzard
2017	Total Recall (IRE)	9/2F	Willie Mullins
2016	Native River (IRE)	7/2F	Colin Tizzard
2015	Smad Place (FR)	7/1	Alan King
2014	Many Clouds (IRE)	8/1	Oliver Sherwood
2013	Triolo D'Alene (FR)	20/1	Nicky Henderson
2012	Bobs Worth (IRE)	4/1F	Nicky Henderson
2011	Carruthers (GB)	10/1	Mark Bradstock
2010	Diamond Harry (GB)	6/1	Nick Williams
2009	Denman (IRE)	11/4F	Paul Nicholls
2008	Madison Du Berlais (FR)	25/1	David Pipe
2007	Denman (IRE)	5/1	Paul Nicholls
2006	State Of Play (GB)	10/1	Evan Williams
2005	Trabolgan (IRE)	13/2	Nicky Henderson
2004	Celestial Gold (IRE)	9/4F	M C Pipe
2003	Strong Flow (IRE)	5/1JF	Paul Nicholls
2002	Gingembre I (FR)	16/1	Mrs L C Taylor
2001	What's Up Boys (IRE)	14/1	Philip Hobbs
2000	King's Road (IRE)	7/1	Nigel Twiston-Davies
1999	Ever Blessed (IRE)	9/2F	Mark Pitman
1998	Teeton Mill (GB)	5/1	Venetia Williams
1997	Suny Bay (IRE)	9/4F	Charlie Brooks
1996	Coome Hill (IRE)	11/2	W W Dennis
1995	Couldnt Be Better (GB)	15/2	Charlie Brooks
1994	One Man (IRE)	4/1	G Richards
1993	Cogent I (GB)	10/1	Andy Turnell
1992	Sibton Abbey (GB)	40/1	Ferdy Murphy
1991	Chatam (USA)	10/1	M C Pipe
1990	Arctic Call (GB)	5/1	Oliver Sherwood

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

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2003 Coral Gold Cup

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