First Gold jumps his rivals ragged

NO Beef Or Salmon or Harbour Pilot, but it didn’t make any great difference.

Thu, 01 May, 2003 - 01:00
Pat Keane

Yes, First Gold, the first French horse to ever run at the Festival, absolutely lit up Punchestown yesterday, producing a quite scintillating performance to land the Heineken Gold Cup in front of an attendance of 22,000.

This was breathtaking. These fences take real jumping, but First Gold treated them with total disdain.

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CourtsRacinghorse racingPlace: PunchestownPlace: HarchibaldPlace: Kielys’Place: DonnybrookPerson: First GoldPerson: Beef Or SalmonPerson: Thierry DoumenPerson: Rince RiPerson: Mick FitzgeraldPerson: Francois DoumenPerson: ThierryPerson: CashmansPerson: FitzgeraldPerson: Conor O’DwyerPerson: Willie Mullins’Person: Colm McEvoyPerson: HedgehunterPerson: David CaseyPerson: MullinsPerson: Barry GeraghtyPerson: Noel MeadePerson: MeadePerson: Jim CullotyPerson: Jessica HarringtonPerson: CullotyPerson: HarringtonPerson: Nicky HendersonPerson: Aidan FitzgeraldPerson: Edward O’GradyPerson: O’GradyPerson: Michael FutterPerson: FutterEvent: Heineken Gold CupEvent: Gold CupEvent: Paddy Power BumperEvent: Champion Hunters ChaseOrganisation: Auctioneers’Organisation: Dee Racing Syndicate
<p>Item ridden by Colin Keane on their way to winning the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes at York Racecourse. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA Wire. </p>

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