2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup

Johns Spirit (IRE) won the 2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on 16 November 2013, trained by Jonjo O'Neill and ridden by Richie McLernon, at 7/1, beating Colour Squadron (IRE) by ¾ length.

Updated 2013-11-16

Quick answers

Who won the Paddy Power Gold Cup in 2013? Johns Spirit (IRE) won the 2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on 16 November 2013, trained by Jonjo O'Neill and ridden by Richie McLernon, at 7/1, beating Colour Squadron (IRE) by ¾ length.
Who came second in the 2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup? Colour Squadron (IRE) (12/1) finished second, and Hidden Cyclone (IRE) (20/1) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup? No. The 6/1 favourite Champion Court (IRE) finished 7th of 20.
What was the winning time of the 2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup? Johns Spirit (IRE) won in 5m 7.02s over 2m4½f on Good going.
How much prize money did the 2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup winner get? Johns Spirit (IRE) earned £91,120 for winning the 2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup.
How many ran in the 2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup? 20 ran in the 2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup (average since 1990: 15.6).

Johns Spirit (IRE)Winner

7/1SP

20 ranRunners

5m 7.02sWinning time

£91,120Prize to winner

Champion Court (IRE) (6/1F): 7th of 20Favourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Claim	Trainer	OR	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won ¾	Johns Spirit (IRE)	7/1	6	10-2	Richie McLernon	-	Jonjo O'Neill	139	-	Christopher W T Johnston	-	5m 7.02s	£91,120
2	¾	Colour Squadron (IRE)	12/1	7	10-2	Tom O'Brien	-	Philip Hobbs	139	-	John P McManus	¾	-	£34,192
3	1½	Hidden Cyclone (IRE)	20/1	8	11-1	Andrew J McNamara	-	John Joseph Hanlon	152	p	Mrs A F Mee David Mee	2¼	-	£17,120
4	3¾	Attaglance (GB)	16/1	7	10-0	Brian Hughes	-	Malcolm Jefferson	137	t	Mrs H Young G Eifert R Snyder	6	-	£8,528
5	2½	Rajdhani Express (GB)	8/1	6	10-13	Mr Sam Waley-Cohen	5	Nicky Henderson	155	-	Robert Waley Cohen	8½	-	£4,288
6	4	Wishfull Thinking (GB)	33/1	10	11-7	Richard Johnson	-	Philip Hobbs	158	t	Mrs Diana L Whateley	12½	-	£2,144
7	7	Champion Court (IRE)	6/1F	8	11-6	Ian Popham	-	Martin Keighley	157	-	M Boothright	19½	-	-
8	1	Tap Night (USA)	16/1	6	10-12	A P McCoy	-	Lucinda Russell	149	-	John P McManus	20½	-	-
9	1¾	Woolcombe Folly (IRE)	28/1	10	10-8	Harry Derham	5	Paul Nicholls	150	-	The Hon Mrs Townshend	22¼	-	-
10	¾	Kumbeshwar (GB)	40/1	6	10-11	Wayne Hutchinson	-	Alan King	148	p	McNeill Family Nigel Bunter	23	-	-
11	6	Astracad (FR)	20/1	7	10-5	Sam Twiston-Davies	-	Nigel Twiston-Davies	142	v	H R Mould	29	-	-
12	29	Carrickboy (IRE)	33/1	9	10-7	Aidan Coleman	-	Venetia Williams	144	-	Trevor Hemmings	dist	-	-
13	¾	Nadiya De La Vega (FR)	12/1	7	10-3	Andrew Tinkler	-	Nicky Henderson	140	p	John P McManus	dist	-	-
14	12	Conquisto (GB)	28/1	8	11-3	Paul Townend	-	Steve Gollings	154	-	P J Martin	dist	-	-
PU	-	Ballynagour (IRE)	8/1	7	10-6	Tom Scudamore	-	David Pipe	143	-	Allan Stennett	-	-	-
PU	-	Battle Group (GB)	14/1	8	10-13	Brendan Powell	-	Johnny Farrelly	150	hp	Jolly Boys Outing	-	-	-
F	-	Easter Meteor (GB)	20/1	7	10-3	Leighton Aspell	-	Emma Lavelle	140	-	Mr & Mrs S C Willes	-	-	-
PU	-	Finian's Rainbow (IRE)	14/1	10	11-12	Barry Geraghty	-	Nicky Henderson	163	-	Michael Buckley	-	-	-
PU	-	Gift Of Dgab (IRE)	20/1	9	10-1	B J Cooper	-	A. J. Martin	138	-	Gigginstown House Stud	-	-	-
F	-	Vino Griego (FR)	25/1	8	11-0	Jamie Moore	-	Gary Moore	151	v	Chris Stedman	-	-	-

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	Johns Spirit (IRE)	2013-12-14	Cheltenham	Stewart Family Thank You Gold Cup	5th of 13	11/2
2	Colour Squadron (IRE)	2013-12-14	Cheltenham	Stewart Family Thank You Gold Cup	3rd of 13	9/2F
3	Hidden Cyclone (IRE)	2013-12-27	Leopardstown	Paddy Power Dial-a-Bet Chase	2nd of 7	8/1
4	Attaglance (GB)	2013-12-14	Cheltenham	Stewart Family Thank You Gold Cup	9th of 13	7/1
5	Rajdhani Express (GB)	2014-03-13	Cheltenham	Ryanair Chase Grade 1	3rd of 11	18/1
6	Wishfull Thinking (GB)	2013-12-07	Aintree	Betfred Goals Galore Chase	2nd of 6	9/1
7	Champion Court (IRE)	2013-12-12	Huntingdon	Betfred Peterborough Chase Grade 2	2nd of 7	4/1
8	Tap Night (USA)	2013-12-14	Cheltenham	Stewart Family Thank You Gold Cup	8th of 13	20/1
9	Woolcombe Folly (IRE)	-	-	-	Not run since	-
10	Kumbeshwar (GB)	2014-01-01	Cheltenham	Fairlawne Handicap Chase	3rd of 7	12/1
11	Astracad (FR)	2013-12-14	Cheltenham	Jenny Mould Memorial Handicap Chase	3rd of 11	6/1
12	Carrickboy (IRE)	2014-01-01	Cheltenham	Fairlawne Handicap Chase	Pulled up	11/2
13	Nadiya De La Vega (FR)	2013-12-14	Doncaster	Download The Free BetVictor App Handicap Chase	3rd of 7	4/1
14	Conquisto (GB)	2013-12-12	Huntingdon	Betfred Peterborough Chase Grade 2	7th of 7	20/1
PU	Ballynagour (IRE)	2014-03-13	Cheltenham	Byrne Group Plate Grade 3	Won	12/1
PU	Battle Group (GB)	2013-11-30	Newbury	bet365 Long Distance Hurdle	Refused to race	25/1
F	Easter Meteor (GB)	2013-11-29	Newbury	bet365 Open Handicap Chase	2nd of 11	5/1
PU	Finian's Rainbow (IRE)	-	-	-	Not run since	-
PU	Gift Of Dgab (IRE)	2013-12-15	Navan	Tara Handicap Hurdle	5th of 16	20/1
F	Vino Griego (FR)	2013-12-06	Sandown	Future Stars Chase (Intermediate Race)	Won	9/1

18 of 20 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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2013 Paddy Power Gold Cup

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Full result

How they ran next

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