2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup

{{Infobox horse race |name = 2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup |horse race = [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]] |image = |caption = |location = [[Cheltenham Racecourse]] |date = 16 March 2018 |winning horse = [[Native River]] |starting price = 5/1 |winning jockey = [[Richard Johnson (jockey)|Richard Johnson]] |winning trainer = [[Colin Tizzard]] |winning owner = Brocade Racing |conditions = Soft }}

The '''2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup''' (known as the [[Timico]] Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 90th annual running of the [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]] [[Horse racing|horse race]] and was held at [[Cheltenham Racecourse]] on Friday 16 March 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/16/cheltenham-gold-cup-tips-day-four-festival-might-bite|title=Cheltenham Gold Cup day tips: Might Bite can strike it big|date=16 March 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=16 March 2018}}</ref> The race was won by [[Native River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/16/native-river-leads-all-the-way-gold-cup-cheltenham-festival-horse-racing|title=Native River leads all the way to win Gold Cup at Cheltenham Festival|date=16 March 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=21 March 2018}}</ref>

==Details== * ''Sponsor:'' [[Timico]] * ''Winner's prize money:'' * ''Going:'' Soft * ''Number of runners:'' 15 * ''Winner's time:'' 7m 2.60s

==Full result== {| border="1" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:90%" |- bgcolor="#77dd77" align="center" | width="35px" | | width="70px" | '''*''' | width="150px" | '''Horse''' | width="30px" | '''Age''' | width="150px" | '''Jockey''' | width="170px" | '''Trainer''' † | width="80px" | '''[[Starting prices|SP]]''' |- | '''1''' | | [[Native River]] |8 |[[Richard Johnson (jockey)|Richard Johnson]] |[[Colin Tizzard]] |5/1 |- | '''2''' |4 1/2 | [[Might Bite]] |9 |[[Nico de Boinville]] |[[Nicky Henderson]] |4/1F |- | '''3''' |4 | [[Anibale Fly]] | 8 |[[Barry Geraghty]] |Tony Martin (IRE) |33/1 |- |'''4''' |4 | Road to Respect |7 |Sean Flanagan |[[Noel Meade]] (IRE) |9/1 |- | '''5''' |8 | [[Djakadam]] |9 |[[Patrick Mullins (jockey)|Mr Patrick Mullins]] |[[Willie Mullins]] (IRE) |25/1 |- | '''6''' |18 | {{not a typo|Defin|itly}} Red |9 |Danny Cook |Brian Ellison |8/1 |- |'''7''' |1 1/2 |Tea For Two |9 |[[Lizzie Kelly]] |Nick Williams |50/1 |- | '''8''' |7 | Edwulf |9 |Mr Derek O'Connor |[[Joseph O'Brien (jockey)|Joseph O'Brien]] (IRE) |20/1 |- |'''9''' |18 |American |8 |[[Noel Fehily]] |[[Harry Fry (racehorse trainer)|Harry Fry]] |25/1 |-bgcolor="#f3f3f3" |PU | | Outlander |10 |[[Jack Kennedy (jockey)|Jack Kennedy]] |[[Gordon Elliott (racehorse trainer)|Gordon Elliott]] (IRE) |10/1 |- bgcolor="#f3f3f3" |PU | | [[Our Duke]] |8 |[[Robbie Power]] |[[Jessica Harrington]] (IRE) |9/2 |- bgcolor="#f3f3f3" |PU | |Killultagh Vic |9 |[[Paul Townend]] |Willie Mullins (IRE) |8/1 |-bgcolor="#f3f3f3" |PU | | Saphir Du Rheu |9 |[[Sam Twiston-Davies]] |[[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |66/1 |- bgcolor="#f3f3f3" |F | | Total Recall |9 |[[David Mullins (jockey)|David Mullins]] |Willie Mullins (IRE) |14/1 |- bgcolor="#f3f3f3" |F | | Bachasson |7 |[[Danny Mullins]] |Willie Mullins (IRE) |33/1 |} * ''Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".'' * The distances between the horses are shown in [[Length (horse racing)|lengths]] or shorter. '''s.h.''' = short-head. '''nk''' = neck. † Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated. PU = pulled-up. F = fell. UR = unseated rider

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.racingpost.com/results/11/cheltenham/2018-03-16/688258 2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup] at Racing Post * [https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham/about/history/hall-of-fame/ Cheltenham Gold Cup Winners]

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