One hundred years of Gold Cup numbers

To mark 100 years of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, we pick out some key numbers associated with jump racing's most prestigious contest

Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Winner Galopin Des Champs at Leighlinbridge, Carlow with trainer Willie Mullins and groom Adam Connolly. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

1 - Just one female jockey has come home in front, with Rachael Blackmore scoring on A Plus Tard in 2022. The sole grey winner was Desert Orchid in 1989. Dawn Run is the only horse to have won both the Champion Hurdle and the Gold Cup.

2 - Golden Miller and L'Escargot are the only two horses to have won both the Gold Cup and the Grand National.