Cheltenham Gold Cup chasers as Arkle, Best Mate, Golden Miller, Kauto Star and Mill House. The Gold Cup is the most valuable non-handicap chase in Britain, and in 2014 it offered a total prize fund of £550,000. The first horse race known as the Cheltenham Gold Cup took place in July 1819. It was a flat race, and it was contested over 3 miles on Cleeve Hill, which overlooks the present venue. The inaugural winner, Spectre, won a prize of 100 guineas for his owner Mr Bodenham. The Cheltenham Gold Cup was first run as a jumps race on 12 March 1924. The
The Double (rugby league) They also won the treble this year after they beat Wigan Warriors 22–20 in the Super League Grand Final to become the first Leeds team to win the Cup and Grand Final in the same season. St. Helens claimed their first double in 1966 beating Halifax 35–12 in the Championship Final and beat Wakefield Trinity 10–0 in the Challenge Cup final. This would be the first of three doubles won by the Saints. This was the first double won in the European Super League era. St Helens finished top of the league and were crowned Champions of the first Super