The Cheltenham Gold Cup
By Dave Bartholemew
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is known as the Blue Riband of jump racing and the race is the most valuable National Hunt chase in Britain. Held at the world famous Cheltenham Festival, the race is ran over more than three miles and twenty-two fences.
* The first horse race known as the Cheltenham Gold Cup was ran back in July 1819 but that race was a flat race and was won by a horse called Spectre.
* The Gold Cup has been run at the 'new course' at Cheltenham since 1959 and in the mid 1960s was dominated by a horse called Arkle who won the race three times on the trot. Such was the dominance of the horse that bookmakers would only offer a starting price of 1/10, the shortest-priced winner in the race's history.
* The Cheltenham Festival now takes place over four days in March with one championship race on each day, climaxing with the Gold Cup on Friday. Unlike other meeting in Britain and Ireland, the meeting does not attract many international contenders but that does not in any way detract from the event's popularity.
* The meeting is hugely popular with Irish visitors as it coincides with Saint Patrick's day and they visit Cheltenham in their thousands to soak up the atmosphere and place huge sums on their favourite horses.
* Irish jockey, Ruby Walsh has dominated the festival in recent years being the top winning jockey in 2004, 2006 and 2008 - 10.
Thanks to the rivalry between the English and Irish jockeys, trainers and horses, the Cheltenham Festival and its climax the Gold Cup is unique in world horse racing. An event keen horse racing punters won't want to miss.
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The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup is the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and 20th CONCACAF regional championship overall. The winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil. The United States is the host nation; the final will be played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on June 25, 2011.[1]
Squads
For more details on this topic, see 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads.
Each team can register a squad of 23 players.
[edit] Suspension of Mexican players
It was announced during the tournament on June 9, 2011, that five Mexican players, Antônio Naelson, Christian Bermúdez, Édgar Dueñas, Francisco Javier Rodríguez and Guillermo Ochoa, all tested positive for clenbuterol prior to the Gold Cup and have therefore been withdrawn from the squad.[3] Mexican officials said they believed the positive tests were caused by eating meat tainted with the drug.[4] CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer said a meeting of the confederation's national teams committee, which also serves as the organizing committee of the Gold Cup, was to be convened on June 10 to consider the situation, including possibly allowing Mexico to replace the five players. However, the meeting was postponed to allow for more information to be gathered.[5]
[edit] Draw
The teams learned their path to the regional title when CONCACAF announced the groups and match schedule for the 2011 Gold Cup on concacaf.com Tuesday, March 8 at 12 pm ET. The confederation championship will run from June 5 to 25 in 13 different stadiums across the United States, culminating at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the championship final.[6]
[edit] Group stage
For the first round, or group stage, the twelve teams were divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second, as well as the two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.
If two or more teams are equal on points (including ties among third place teams), the manner in which teams will advance to the next round will be resolved as follows and in the order indicated:[7]
1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams.
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
4. Greater goal difference in all group matches.
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches.
6. Drawing of lots.
All Times are U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (Local Times in parentheses)
Squads
For more details on this topic, see 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads.
Each team can register a squad of 23 players.
[edit] Suspension of Mexican players
It was announced during the tournament on June 9, 2011, that five Mexican players, Antônio Naelson, Christian Bermúdez, Édgar Dueñas, Francisco Javier Rodríguez and Guillermo Ochoa, all tested positive for clenbuterol prior to the Gold Cup and have therefore been withdrawn from the squad.[3] Mexican officials said they believed the positive tests were caused by eating meat tainted with the drug.[4] CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer said a meeting of the confederation's national teams committee, which also serves as the organizing committee of the Gold Cup, was to be convened on June 10 to consider the situation, including possibly allowing Mexico to replace the five players. However, the meeting was postponed to allow for more information to be gathered.[5]
[edit] Draw
The teams learned their path to the regional title when CONCACAF announced the groups and match schedule for the 2011 Gold Cup on concacaf.com Tuesday, March 8 at 12 pm ET. The confederation championship will run from June 5 to 25 in 13 different stadiums across the United States, culminating at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the championship final.[6]
[edit] Group stage
For the first round, or group stage, the twelve teams were divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second, as well as the two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.
If two or more teams are equal on points (including ties among third place teams), the manner in which teams will advance to the next round will be resolved as follows and in the order indicated:[7]
1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams.
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
4. Greater goal difference in all group matches.
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches.
6. Drawing of lots.
All Times are U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (Local Times in parentheses)
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See also Honduras Vs. Jamaica results and schedules. Who's gonna win this CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 match game? Just turn on your PC then watch the game from your PC. We provide more that a link that you can watch, you may also watch the preview, live score, and commentary in several languages in several links that you can choose by yourself.
Find out who will be Honduras Vs. Jamaica on CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 winners. If you are looking for an online Honduras Vs. Jamaica live streaming? Or just looking for a latest scores and schedules? You can check other site who gives us live TV online streaming HD video. You can also download direct satellite-TV provider or other programs who can give us live sports online.
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