The 1996 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday March 14, 1996. It was the 69th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by Imperial Call. The winner was ridden by Conor O'Dwyer and trained by Fergie Sutherland. The pre-race favourite One Man finished sixth.
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Imperial Call was the first winner of the Gold Cup trained in Ireland since Dawn Run in 1986.
Race details
Full result
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck; PU = pulled-up.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.
Note: Fence 16 was omitted due to the fatal fall of Monsieur Le Cure on the first circuit.
Winner's details
Further details of the winner, Imperial Call:
References
1996 Cheltenham Gold Cup Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA