Chance hits out over Gold Cup prize fund.Byline: DAVID David, in the BibleDavid, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. YATES DUAL Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer Noel Chance yesterday lambasted the prize-money on offer for the race as "soul destroying", and called for the disparity between purses for the Gold Cup and the Martell Grand National to be addressed. Although Cheltenham yesterday announced an increase in the Tote-sponsored Gold Cup's value-by pounds 10,000 to pounds 300,000, the equivalent of 3.45 per cent-the race still compares unfavourably with the Grand National's prize fund. When Chance's Looks Like Trouble won the most recent running of the Gold Cup in March 2000-foot and mouth disease accounted for the 2001 renewal-the first prize was pounds 162,000, compared to the pounds 290,000 netted by Papillon papillon (păp`əlŏn'), breed of toy dog whose origins are obscure but whose widespread existence in Europe is attested to as early as the 17th cent. It stands from 8 to 11 in. (20.3–27. for landing the Aintree feature the following month. Red Marauder's success at Aintree this year was worth pounds 310,000 to his connections-from a guaranteed total of pounds 500,000. Chance, who also saddled Mr Mulligan mul·li·gan n. A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. [Probably from the name Mulligan.] Noun 1. to victory in the Gold Cup in 1997, said yesterday: "To my mind there is no defence. The Gold Cup is the blue riband
n. 1. Something superlative. 2. People of the highest social level. [French : crème, cream + de, of + la, the + of National Hunt racing National Hunt racing is the official name given to the sport of horse racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland where the horses are required to jump over obstacles called hurdles or fences (except in the case of a 'bumper'). . "I feel very strongly about this-it should be pounds 100,000 more than the most valuable handicap. It's like the Derby being worth less than a Flat handicap-it doesn't make sense and it needs addressing. "I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. whether I will win the Gold Cup again-to win it twice is a miracle-but it is soul-destroying when you look at it." Cheltenham's managing director Edward Gillespie yesterday claimed the course executive's priority was to provide "strength in depth" to the 20-race Festival. "We are not defensive about the Gold Cup being worth less than the Grand National," he said. "At Cheltenham there is a pyramid of values, a strength in depth that we think is about right for rewarding different horses at different periods of their careers. ``There is no pyramid at Aintree-there is the Grand National. "We come from different directions as to how we apply the prize-money. "With regard to the Festival, what we have tried to do is spread the increase throughout the programme as much as possible." However, an examination of the prize-money levels for last season's fixtures suggests Aintree is far from a one-race meeting in comparison to the Festival. Five races at Aintree offered total prize-money of pounds 100,000 or more, only one race fewer than would have been the case at Cheltenham's abandoned meeting in March. In addition, Aintree's Glenlivet 4-Y-O Hurdle was worth more than its counterpart, the Triumph Hurdle The Triumph Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old novices. It is run over a distance of 2 miles 1 furlong (3,420 metres) on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse during the Cheltenham Festival in March. . CAPTION(S): Jockey Richard Johnson Richard Johnson may refer to:
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