# Meetmebythesea wins first Paddy Power Gold Cup for McManus

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/meetmebythesea-wins-first-paddy-power-gold-cup-for-mcmanus/
- Published: 2026-11-14T15:12:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T16:34:48+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Sport (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/articles/c8p3v5wqgrzyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Sport

## Key points

- Meetmebythesea won Cheltenham’s Paddy Power Gold Cup.
- The 2-1 favourite beat Blueking D’Oroux by two and a half lengths.
- It was JP McManus’s first win in the race.

## Summary

Meetmebythesea won the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham, giving owner JP McManus his first victory in the race. The 2-1 favourite and jockey Harry Cobden pulled clear after the final fence to beat Blueking D’Oroux by two and a half lengths.

Cobden, the 2023-24 champion jump jockey, became McManus’s retained jockey in Britain and Ireland in May and said he would savour the occasion. Meetmebythesea, trained by Ben Pauling, was among 10 runners after five horses were withdrawn; Pauling praised the six-year-old’s jumping and determination but made no prediction about a future Gold Cup campaign. The horse had also won at Cheltenham in March.

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