| Class: | Premier Handicap |
| Horse Race: | Coral Gold Cup |
| Location: | Newbury Racecourse Newbury, England |
| Inaugurated: | 1957 |
| Race Type: | Steeplechase |
| Sponsor: | Ladbrokes Coral |
| Website: | Newbury |
| Distance: | 3m 1f 214y (5,331 metres) |
| Surface: | Turf |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | Four-years-old and up |
| Weight: | Handicap |
| Purse: | £200,000 (2020) 1st: £113,900 |
/Ladbrokes Trophy|}The Coral Gold Cup is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 3 miles and 2 furlongs (3 miles, 1 furlong and 214 yards, or 5,225 metres), and during its running there are twenty-one fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late November or early December.
The event was established in 1957 as the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup, and it was initially staged at Cheltenham. The winner of the inaugural running, Mandarin, was owned by Peggy Hennessy, a member of the family which founded Hennessy, the race's sponsoring company. It was transferred to Newbury in 1960, and it was won by Mandarin for a second time in 1961. The race's second running was won by Taxidermist, ridden by the amateur rider John Lawrence, later Lord Oaksey, who was the breeder and part-owner of the 2011 winner, Carruthers.[1]
The race's association with Hennessy continued until the 60th running, in 2016, and was British racing's longest-running commercial sponsorship at the time. The record was previously held by the Whitbread Gold Cup, which was first run seven months before the "Hennessy", and which was sponsored by Whitbread until 2001.[2] Ladbrokes were announced as the new sponsor in February 2017[3] and the race was run as the Ladbrokes Trophy until 2021. In 2022 Coral replaced Ladbrokes as the title sponsor and the race took its present title.[4]
The race has been won by nine horses that have also won the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The most recent of these is Native River, the winner of the latter race in 2018.
Many Clouds became the first horse to win both the Hennessy Gold Cup and the Grand National, in 2014 and 2015 respectively.
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Leading jockey (3 wins):
Leading trainer (7 wins):
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| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | width=160px | Mandarin | 6 | 11-00 | width=180px | Gerry Madden | width=180px | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1958 | Taxidermist | 6 | 11-01 | John Lawrence | Fulke Walwyn | |||
| 1959 | Kerstin | 9 | 11–10 | Stan Hayhurst | Verly Bewicke | |||
| 1960 | Knucklecracker | 7 | 11-01 | Derek Ancil | Derek Ancil | |||
| 1961 | Mandarin | 10 | 11-05 | Willie Robinson | Fulke Walwyn | |||
| 1962 | Springbok | 8 | 10-08 | Gerry Scott | Neville Crump | |||
| 1963 | Mill House | 6 | 12-00 | Willie Robinson | Fulke Walwyn | |||
| 1964 | Arkle | 7 | 12-07 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper | |||
| 1965 | Arkle | 8 | 12-07 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper | |||
| 1966 | Stalbridge Colonist | 7 | 10-00 | Stan Mellor | Ken Cundell | |||
| 1967 | Rondetto | 11 | 10-01 | Jeff King | Bob Turnell | |||
| 1968 | Man of the West | 7 | 10-00 | Willie Robinson | Fulke Walwyn | |||
| 1969 | Spanish Steps | 6 | 11-08 | John Cook | Edward Courage | |||
| 1970 | Border Mask | 8 | 11-01 | David Mould | Peter Cazalet | |||
| 1971 | Bighorn | 7 | 10–11 | David Cartwright | Charlie Vernon Miller | |||
| 1972 | Charlie Potheen | 7 | 11-04 | Richard Pitman | Fulke Walwyn | |||
| 1973 | Red Candle | 9 | 10-04 | Jimmy Fox | Ricky Vallance | |||
| 1974 | Royal Marshall II | 7 | 10-00 | Graham Thorner | Tim Forster | |||
| 1975 | April Seventh | 9 | 11-02 | Andrew Turnell | Bob Turnell | |||
| 1976 | Zeta's Son | 7 | 10-09 | Ian Watkinson | Peter Bailey | |||
| 1977 | Bachelor's Hall | 7 | 10–10 | Martin O'Halloran | Peter Cundell | |||
| 1978 | Approaching | 7 | 10–06 | Bob Champion | Josh Gifford | |||
| 1979 | Fighting Fit | 7 | 11-07 | Richard Linley | Ken Oliver | |||
| 1980 | Bright Highway | 6 | 11-06 | Gerry Newman | Michael O'Brien | |||
| 1981 | Diamond Edge | 10 | 11–10 | Bill Smith | Fulke Walwyn | |||
| 1982 | Bregawn | 8 | 11–10 | Graham Bradley | Michael Dickinson | |||
| 1983 | Brown Chamberlin | 8 | 11-08 | John Francome | Fred Winter | |||
| 1984 | Burrough Hill Lad | 8 | 12-00 | John Francome | Jenny Pitman | |||
| 1985 | Galway Blaze | 9 | 10-00 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald | |||
| 1986 | Broadheath | 9 | 10-05 | Paul Nicholls | David Barons | |||
| 1987 | Playschool | 9 | 10-08 | Paul Nicholls | David Barons | |||
| 1988 | Strands of Gold | 9 | 10-00 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe | |||
| 1989 | Ghofar | 6 | 10-02 | Hywel Davies | David Elsworth | |||
| 1990 | Arctic Call | 7 | 11-00 | Jamie Osborne | Oliver Sherwood | |||
| 1991 | Chatam | 7 | 10-06 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe | |||
| 1992 | Sibton Abbey | 7 | 10-00 | Adrian Maguire | Ferdy Murphy | |||
| 1993 | Cogent | 9 | 10-01 | Dan Fortt | Andrew Turnell | |||
| 1994 | One Man | 6 | 10-00 | Tony Dobbin | Gordon W. Richards | |||
| 1995 | Couldn't Be Better | 8 | 10-08 | Dean Gallagher | Charlie Brooks | |||
| 1996 | Coome Hill | 7 | 10-00 | Jamie Osborne | Walter Dennis | |||
| 1997 | Suny Bay | 8 | 11-08 | Graham Bradley | Charlie Brooks | |||
| 1998 | Teeton Mill | 9 | 10-05 | Norman Williamson | Venetia Williams | |||
| 1999 | Ever Blessed | 7 | 10-00 | Timmy Murphy | Mark Pitman | |||
| 2000 | King's Road | 7 | 10-07 | Jamie Goldstein | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |||
| 2001 | What's Up Boys | 7 | 10–12 | Paul Flynn | Philip Hobbs | |||
| 2002 | 8 | 10–13 | Andrew Thornton | Lavinia Taylor | ||||
| 2003 | Strong Flow | 6 | 11-00 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | |||
| 2004 | Celestial Gold | 6 | 10-05 | Timmy Murphy | Martin Pipe | |||
| 2005 | Trabolgan | 7 | 11–12 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson | |||
| 2006 | State of Play | 6 | 11-04 | Paul Moloney | Evan Williams | |||
| 2007 | Denman | 7 | 11–12 | Sam Thomas | Paul Nicholls | |||
| 2008 | Madison du Berlais | 7 | 11-04 | Tom Scudamore | David Pipe | |||
| 2009 | Denman | 9 | 11–12 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | |||
| 2010 | Diamond Harry | 7 | 10-00 | Daryl Jacob | Nick Williams | |||
| 2011 | Carruthers | 8 | 10-04 | Mattie Batchelor | Mark Bradstock | |||
| 2012 | Bobs Worth | 7 | 11-06 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson | |||
| 2013 | Triolo D'Alene | 6 | 11-01 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson | |||
| 2014 | Many Clouds | 7 | 11-06 | Leighton Aspell | Oliver Sherwood | |||
| 2015 | Smad Place | 8 | 11-04 | Wayne Hutchinson | Alan King | |||
| 2016 | Native River | 6 | 11-01 | Richard Johnson | Colin Tizzard | |||
| 2017 | Total Recall | 8 | 10-08 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | |||
| 2018 | Sizing Tennessee | 10 | 11-03 | Tom Scudamore | Colin Tizzard | |||
| 2019 | De Rasher Counter | 7 | 10-10 | Ben Jones | Emma Lavelle | |||
| 2020 | Cloth Cap | 8 | 10-00 | Tom Scudamore | Jonjo O'Neill | |||
| 2021 | Cloudy Glen | 8 | 10-08 | Charlie Deutsch | Venetia Williams | |||
| 2022 | Le Milos | 7 | 11-00 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton | |||
| 2023 | Datsalrightgino | 7 | 10-07 | Gavin Sheehan | Jamie Snowden |