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ミートミーバイザシー、マクマナスのパディ・パワー・ゴールドカップ待望の初制覇
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JP・マクマナスはチェルトナム・フェスティバルの勝ち馬を誰よりも多く所有していたが、この11月の賞だけは手に入らないままだった。2010年以降、4度の2着が続き、パディ・パワー・ゴールドカップは彼の記録に目立つ空白を残していた。2026年11月14日、ミートミーバイザシーがついにその空白を埋め、調教師のベン・ポーリングにもこのレース初勝利をもたらした。6
12月26日にケンプトンで行われるキングジョージ6世チェイスへの参戦は、すでに話題になっている。しかし、ここでの違いは重要だ。これは慎重に選んだ目標を達成したということであって、クリスマスの出走が確定したわけではない。マクマナスはまず、このレースを選んだ調教師を称えた。「ベンに任せました。これは彼のプランでしたから、功績はすべて彼に与えるべきです」と、スカイ・スポーツが伝えたコメントで語った。4
ポーリングにとってこのレースへの思い入れは、この馬のシーズンよりずっと前にさかのぼる。彼は14歳の頃からこの開催に通っており、このレースは競馬の世界に引き込まれた理由の一つだった。事前には自信を持って語っていたが、発走の約20分前に緊張がこみ上げてきた。「1番人気馬を預かれることは夢でした。勝てたのはさらに素晴らしいことです」と彼は語った。4
前々で運び、そして競り合いに
コブデンは、直線での追い込みに賭けるのではなく、ミートミーバイザシーを前目につける作戦を取った。ポーリングによると、その日は後方から来る馬が勝負圏内に入るのに苦労していたため、騎手は前で運びたがっていたという。馬の跳びと、速いペースで走れる能力が、その作戦を可能にした。4
プレッシャーの中で見せたこの反応こそ、馬の限界を探ろうとする調教師にとって、パフォーマンスの最も有益な部分だった。ポーリングは、ミートミーバイザシーには最後の障害を越えた時点でまだ余力が十分にあったと考え、大柄な馬にしては見事なスピードを称賛した。これは、楽に走って余裕のある課題をこなしただけではない。コブデンに促されると、さらに伸びたのだ。4
今日はそうする必要がありました。プレッシャーを受けても十分に伸びたので、これまで見せていた以上の力を発揮しました。
ケンプトン参戦は選択肢であり、確約ではない
次の問いは、ミートミーバイザシーがこのハンデキャップを制覇できたかどうかより難しい。ケンプトンで走るとなれば、最高レベルの3マイル戦となる。ポーリングは前年のクリスマスにザ・ジュークボックス・マンでキングジョージを制しており、この馬にも距離をこなす力があると考えている。「クリスマスのケンプトンを考えなければならないでしょうね」と彼は語った。4
マクマナスは、なお勝ちたいレースとしてキングジョージ、チャンピオンチェイス、アークルを挙げる一方、ミートミーバイザシーはまだ6歳で、今回の11月のレースが当初の目標だったと強調した。一つの目標を達成したからといって、すぐ次の目標を追う義務が生じるわけではない。4
浮かれすぎないための最も確かな歯止めは、ポーリング自身の但し書きだ。「大きなレースに勝つには、さらに10から15lbほど力をつける必要があるかもしれません」。これは必要とされるさらなるパフォーマンスについての彼の見積もりであり、公式レーティングの上昇幅ではない。ミートミーバイザシーは、より大きな試練を検討するに値する実績を挙げた。だが、その試練への答えはまだ出ていない。4
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- 最初の報道
- 'He showed a lot more than what we've seen so far' - Meetmebythesea hints at huge future with Paddy Power Gold Cup win under Harry Cobden - Racing Post
- Full Result 14:20 Cheltenham | 14 November 2026 | Racing Post
- 'It's astronomical how popular JP is with punters' - betting ring dealt blow by McManus favourite's Paddy Power win | Racing Post
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放送時の内容
- Meetmebythesea powered up Cheltenham's hill to deliver JP McManus his first Paddy Power Gold Cup. The six-year-old won by two and a half lengths, earning £91,120 and a first victory for trainer Ben Pauling too. Now Pauling has to decide whether he's ready for the three-mile King George at Christmas.
- Meetmebythesea won a Class 1 Premier Handicap over two miles, four furlongs and 44 yards. The November 14 contest took him over 16 fences on Cheltenham's Old Course, before the uphill finish that decided the race.
- Only ten of the fifteen declared horses ran. Four were withdrawn because of the ground, and another on a veterinary certificate. July Flower was among the absentees. The going was listed as good, with good-to-firm patches also noted.
- Meetmebythesea and Blueking d’Oroux were level at the final fence. Harry Cobden's mount then found more up the hill, stretching two and a half lengths clear to reward the backing that had made him the 2-1 favourite.
- Quebecois had led for much of the race before fading. Cobden had kept Meetmebythesea prominent, rather than leaving him ground to recover late. Pauling said Cobden wanted to ride forward because horses coming from behind weren't getting into contention that day.
- Blueking d’Oroux, the 10-3 second favourite, was making his first start for Dan Skelton. Torneo finished third at 12-1, another two and three-quarter lengths behind. Jamie Snowden trained Torneo, with Gavin Sheehan riding.
- Top-weight Matata finished fourth. Dunkerque took sixth on his first Class 1 appearance, while Henry de Bromhead's Zurich was well beaten in seventh. Paul Nolan's Release The Beast failed to complete. Pauling had worried about how strongly Blueking d’Oroux travelled turning for home, but thought his own horse still had plenty left at the last.
- The £91,120 first prize headed awards extending down to sixth, where Dunkerque earned £2,144. Meetmebythesea completed the course in four minutes, 52.36 seconds, eight point six four seconds faster than standard.
- The November Paddy Power Gold Cup has been run since 1960. In 2026 it also carries the registered name the William Holman, commemorating the trainer who won three Grand Nationals. Cheltenham stages its longer Gold Cup championship separately, at the Festival in March.
- JP McManus had already owned more Cheltenham Festival winners than anyone else. Yet this November prize kept escaping him, with four runners-up since 2010. He credited Ben Pauling with choosing the target and Harry Cobden with delivering it.
- McManus said, “I left it to Ben and this was his plan, you have to give him all the credit.” For Pauling, the ambition reached back to childhood. He'd attended this meeting since he was fourteen and said this race helped draw him into the sport. Despite his public confidence, nerves arrived about twenty minutes before the start.
- Subscribe to this channel as we follow whether Meetmebythesea takes the next step at Kempton.
- Meetmebythesea had won the Jack Richards Novices’ Handicap Chase at the Festival in March. This was his first outing since then. He returned from that break to win a major open handicap, progressing beyond novice company.
- Pauling praised his jumping and the pace he showed for such a big horse. Most encouraging was the response when Cobden asked for more. The trainer said the race revealed more than they'd seen before, because Meetmebythesea kept finding under pressure.
- Cobden pumped his fists as he crossed the line. This was his biggest success so far as McManus's retained rider, and his second major victory in those colours in two days. He said he intended to enjoy every big occasion.
- The twenty-eight-year-old had been Britain's champion jump jockey in 2023–24. He took up the McManus role in Britain and Ireland in May, after a decade as Paul Nicholls's number one. Cobden said riding a horse like this in such a race made him pinch himself.
- Kempton offers a different test over three miles at the highest level. The King George VI Chase takes place on December 26. Pauling won the previous Christmas's running with The Jukebox Man, and believes Meetmebythesea will stay the distance.
- McManus has never won the King George, Champion Chase or Arkle, and named them as remaining ambitions. But he also stressed that Meetmebythesea is only six, and that this carefully chosen November race had been the immediate objective.
- BetVictor cut Meetmebythesea's King George odds from 25-1 to 12-1 after the victory. Those were the bookmaker's post-race prices. Pauling is considering Kempton, but hasn't committed the horse to running there.
- Bookmakers also shortened his price for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Pauling stopped short of describing him as a future contender for that longer Festival championship. He thinks the current trip, or three miles on a flat track, may be the right range for now.
- Pauling reckons Meetmebythesea may need another ten to fifteen pounds of improvement to win a major championship race. That's his assessment of the performance still required. His enthusiasm about a possible Christmas challenge comes with that specific hurdle still to clear.
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