2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup

Shooting Light (IRE) won the 2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on 17 November 2001, trained by M C Pipe and ridden by A P McCoy, at 9/4 favourite, beating Foly Pleasant (FR) by 3 lengths.

Updated 2001-11-17

Quick answers

Who won the Paddy Power Gold Cup in 2001? Shooting Light (IRE) won the 2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on 17 November 2001, trained by M C Pipe and ridden by A P McCoy, at 9/4 favourite, beating Foly Pleasant (FR) by 3 lengths.
Who came second in the 2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup? Foly Pleasant (FR) (10/1) finished second, and Exit Swinger (FR) (10/1) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup? Yes. Shooting Light (IRE) won as the 9/4 favourite.
What was the winning time of the 2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup? Shooting Light (IRE) won in 5m 2.00s over 2m4½f on Good going.
How much prize money did the 2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup winner get? Shooting Light (IRE) earned £58,000 for winning the 2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup.
How many ran in the 2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup? 14 ran in the 2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup (average since 1990: 15.6).

Shooting Light (IRE)Winner

9/4FSP

14 ranRunners

5m 2.00sWinning time

£58,000Prize to winner

Shooting Light (IRE) (9/4F): wonFavourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Claim	Trainer	OR	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 3	Shooting Light (IRE)	9/4F	8	11-3	A P McCoy	-	M C Pipe	137	v	J M Brown M J Blackburn	-	5m 2.00s	£58,000
2	3	Foly Pleasant (FR)	10/1	7	11-6	Jim Culloty	-	Henrietta C Knight	140	t	Jim Lewis Friends	3	-	£22,000
3	5	Exit Swinger (FR)	10/1	6	10-13	Rodi Greene	-	M C Pipe	133	-	Sandicroft Stud I	8	-	£11,000
4	11	Cadougold (FR)	25/1	10	10-2	Tom Scudamore	3	M C Pipe	125	-	The Johnson Family	19	-	£5,000
5	6	Korakor (FR)	16/1	7	10-9	Mick Fitzgerald	-	Ian Williams	129	-	Mr And Mrs J D Cotton	25	-	£2,500
6	1	Satchmo (IRE)	20/1	9	11-3	Benjamin Hitchcott	3	D M Grissell	140	-	G J D Wragg	26	-	£1,500
7	8	Bindaree (IRE)	10/1	7	11-5	Carl Llewellyn	-	Nigel Twiston-Davies	139	-	H R Mould	dist	-	-
8	2½	Robbo (GB)	14/1	7	11-6	Alan Dempsey	-	Mrs M Reveley	140	b	The Scarth Racing Partnership	dist	-	-
9	1	Eau De Cologne (GB)	20/1	9	12-0	Jimmy McCarthy	-	Lydia Richards	148	-	Dr M Evans	dist	-	-
10	6	Samakaan (IRE)	25/1	8	11-4	B J Crowley	-	Venetia Williams	138	-	Lady Harris	dist	-	-
11	22	Celibate (IRE)	16/1	10	11-8	Noel Fehily	-	Charlie Mann	142	-	Stamford Bridge Partnership	dist	-	-
F	-	A Piece Of Cake (IRE)	16/1	8	10-4	D Gallagher	-	Mrs M Reveley	124	-	Lightbody Celebration Cakes Ltd	-	-	-
PU	-	Dorans Gold (GB)	7/1	7	10-0	Timmy Murphy	-	Paul Nicholls	120	-	Mel Fordham S Fisher M Harper H Johnson	-	-	-
PU	-	Stan's Your Man (GB)	12/1	11	10-3	Adrian Maguire	-	Ferdy Murphy	123	-	Mrs J D Goodfellow	-	-	-

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	Shooting Light (IRE)	2001-12-22	Ascot	Tote Silver Cup Showcase Handicap (Chase) (Listed Race)	Won	5/2F
2	Foly Pleasant (FR)	2002-01-26	Cheltenham	Ladbroke Trophy Chase (Handicap) (Listed Race)	Won	4/1
3	Exit Swinger (FR)	2001-12-01	Newbury	TFMCyntergy Handicap Chase (For The Jim Joel Memorial Trophy) Class C	Won	10/11F
4	Cadougold (FR)	2001-12-27	Kempton	Pertemps Asap Handicap Chase Class C	3rd of 17	6/1
5	Korakor (FR)	2001-12-15	Doncaster	Vulrory's Clown Handicap Chase Class C	Won	11/8F
6	Satchmo (IRE)	2001-12-01	Newbury	ladbrokes.com Handicap Chase Class B	6th of 10	8/1
7	Bindaree (IRE)	2001-12-01	Newbury	Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup (Chase) Showcase Handicap Grade 3	5th of 14	20/1
8	Robbo (GB)	2001-12-27	Wetherby	Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase (Listed Race)	4th of 12	7/1
9	Eau De Cologne (GB)	2001-12-14	Cheltenham	George Stevens Chase Showcase Handicap Class B	Pulled up	12/1
10	Samakaan (IRE)	2001-12-01	Newbury	ladbrokes.com Handicap Chase Class B	Pulled up	33/1
11	Celibate (IRE)	2001-11-24	Ascot	John Doyle Handicap Chase Class B	4th of 5	5/1
F	A Piece Of Cake (IRE)	2002-02-16	Newcastle	UK Hygiene For Air/Smoke Filtration Handicap Chase Class B	Won	9/4JF
PU	Dorans Gold (GB)	2002-10-28	Bangor-on-Dee	Countryside Alliance Handicap Chase Class D	Won	13/2
PU	Stan's Your Man (GB)	-	-	-	Not run since	-

13 of 14 have run since; 6 won next time out.

Paddy Power Gold Cup winners by year

Year	Winner	SP	Trainer
2025	Panic Attack (IRE)	6/1	Dan Skelton
2024	Il Ridoto (FR)	10/1	Paul Nicholls
2023	Stage Star (IRE)	4/1F	Paul Nicholls
2022	Ga Law (FR)	5/1	Jamie Snowden
2021	Midnight Shadow (GB)	9/1	Sue Smith
2020	Coole Cody (IRE)	10/1	Evan Williams
2019	Happy Diva (IRE)	14/1	Kerry Lee
2018	Baron Alco (FR)	8/1	Gary Moore
2017	Splash Of Ginge (GB)	25/1	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2016	Taquin Du Seuil (FR)	8/1	Jonjo O'Neill
2015	Annacotty (IRE)	12/1	Alan King
2014	Caid Du Berlais (FR)	10/1	Paul Nicholls
2013	Johns Spirit (IRE)	7/1	Jonjo O'Neill
2012	Al Ferof (FR)	8/1	Paul Nicholls
2011	Great Endeavour (IRE)	8/1	David Pipe
2010	Little Josh (IRE)	20/1	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2009	Tranquil Sea I (IRE)	11/2F	E J O'Grady
2008	Imperial Commander (IRE)	13/2	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2007	L'Antartique (FR)	13/2	Ferdy Murphy
2006	Exotic Dancer (FR)	16/1	Jonjo O'Neill
2005	Our Vic (IRE)	9/2F	M C Pipe
2004	Celestial Gold (IRE)	12/1	M C Pipe
2003	Fondmort (FR)	3/1F	Nicky Henderson
2002	Cyfor Malta (FR)	16/1	M C Pipe
2001	Shooting Light (IRE)	9/4F	M C Pipe
2000	Lady Cricket (FR)	5/1F	M C Pipe
1999	The Outback Way (IRE)	9/1	Venetia Williams
1998	Cyfor Malta (FR)	3/1F	M C Pipe
1997	Senor El Betrutti (IRE)	33/1	Susan Nock
1996	Challenger Du Luc (FR)	7/1	M C Pipe
1995	Dublin Flyer (GB)	4/1JF	T A Forster
1994	Bradbury Star (GB)	5/1	J T Gifford
1993	Bradbury Star (GB)	13/2	J T Gifford
1992	Tipping Tim (GB)	11/2F	Nigel Twiston-Davies
1991	Another Coral (GB)	15/2	D Nicholson
1990	Multum In Parvo (GB)	12/1	J A C Edwards

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

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2001 Paddy Power Gold Cup

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