2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup

Celestial Gold (IRE) won the 2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on 13 November 2004, trained by M C Pipe and ridden by Timmy Murphy, at 12/1, beating Thisthatandtother (IRE) by 1¾ lengths.

Updated 2004-11-13

Quick answers

Who won the Paddy Power Gold Cup in 2004? Celestial Gold (IRE) won the 2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on 13 November 2004, trained by M C Pipe and ridden by Timmy Murphy, at 12/1, beating Thisthatandtother (IRE) by 1¾ lengths.
Who came second in the 2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup? Thisthatandtother (IRE) (13/2) finished second, and Monkerhostin (FR) (3/1F) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup? No. The 3/1 favourite Monkerhostin (FR) finished 3rd of 14.
What was the winning time of the 2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup? Celestial Gold (IRE) won in 5m 4.20s over 2m4½f on Good going.
How much prize money did the 2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup winner get? Celestial Gold (IRE) earned £63,800 for winning the 2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup.
How many ran in the 2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup? 14 ran in the 2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup (average since 1990: 15.6).

Celestial Gold (IRE)Winner

12/1SP

14 ranRunners

5m 4.20sWinning time

£63,800Prize to winner

Monkerhostin (FR) (3/1F): 3rd of 14Favourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Claim	Trainer	OR	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 1¾	Celestial Gold (IRE)	12/1	6	10-2	Timmy Murphy	-	M C Pipe	136	The Johnson Family	-	5m 4.20s	£63,800
2	1¾	Thisthatandtother (IRE)	13/2	8	10-12	R Walsh	-	Paul Nicholls	146	C G Roach	1¾	-	£24,200
3	5	Monkerhostin (FR)	3/1F	7	10-0	Tony Dobbin	-	Philip Hobbs	134	M G St Quinton	6¾	-	£12,100
4	2½	Ollie Magern (GB)	8/1	6	10-12	Carl Llewellyn	-	Nigel Twiston-Davies	146	Roger Nicholls	9¼	-	£5,500
5	6	It Takes Time I (IRE)	25/1	10	10-9	Jamie Moore	-	M C Pipe	143	The Johnson Family	15¼	-	£2,750
6	1½	Take The Stand (IRE)	25/1	8	11-7	Seamus Durack	-	Peter Bowen	155	The Courters	16¾	-	£1,650
7	13	Tikram (GB)	10/1	7	10-11	Leighton Aspell	-	Gary Moore	145	Mike Charlton And Rodger Sargent	29¾	-	-
8	½	Ground Ball (IRE)	14/1	7	10-6	Robert Thornton	-	C F Swan	140	John P McManus	dist	-	-
9	2½	Le Duc I (FR)	20/1	5	10-2	Joe Tizzard	-	Paul Nicholls	136	Mrs J Stewart	dist	-	-
10	7	Kelrev (FR)	14/1	6	9-12	Sam Thomas	3	Venetia Williams	135	Len Jakeman Flintham King Roberts	dist	-	-
11	15	Fondmort (FR)	9/1	8	11-12	Mick Fitzgerald	-	Nicky Henderson	160	W J Brown	dist	-	-
PU	-	Better Days I (IRE)	25/1	8	10-0	Dominic Elsworth	-	Sue Smith	134	Trevor Hemmings	-	-	-
PU	-	Colca Canyon (IRE)	20/1	7	10-13	Barry Geraghty	-	Mrs John Harrington	147	Philip F Myerscough	-	-	-
F	-	Farmer Jack (GB)	11/1	8	11-8	Paul W Flynn	-	Philip Hobbs	156	Peter Partridge	-	-	-

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	Celestial Gold (IRE)	2004-11-27	Newbury	Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Chase (Handicap)Grade 3	won	9/4F
2	Thisthatandtother (IRE)	2004-12-11	Cheltenham	bonusprint.com Gold Cup Grade 3	2nd of 13	7/2
3	Monkerhostin (FR)	2004-11-19	Windsor	Coloroll Hurdle Grade 2	2nd of 7	9/4F
4	Ollie Magern (GB)	2004-11-27	Newbury	Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Chase (Handicap)Grade 3	2nd of 14	13/2
5	It Takes Time I (IRE)	2004-11-27	Newbury	Ballymore Properties Long Distance Hurdle Grade 2	5th of 6	9/1
6	Take The Stand (IRE)	2004-12-04	Haydock	Tommy Whittle Chase Grade 2	pulled up	11/2
7	Tikram (GB)	2004-12-11	Cheltenham	bonusprint.com Gold Cup Grade 3	5th of 13	20/1
8	Ground Ball (IRE)	2004-12-19	Thurles	Horse And Jockey Hotel Hurdle	won	11/4
9	Le Duc I (FR)	2004-12-04	Haydock	totesport Handicap Hurdle Class B	4th of 16	20/1
10	Kelrev (FR)	2004-12-11	Doncaster	Vulrory's Clown Handicap Chase Class C	8th of 8	7/4F
11	Fondmort (FR)	2004-12-11	Cheltenham	bonusprint.com Gold Cup Grade 3	7th of 13	33/1
PU	Better Days I (IRE)	2004-12-11	Doncaster	Vulrory's Clown Handicap Chase Class C	4th of 8	4/1
PU	Colca Canyon (IRE)	2005-03-17	Cheltenham	Mildmay of Flete Handicap Chase Grade 3	6th of 22	25/1
F	Farmer Jack (GB)	2004-11-20	Huntingdon	totesport Peterborough Chase Grade 2	2nd of 8	11/4

14 of 14 have run since; 2 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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2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup

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