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Meetmebythesea ends McManus’s Paddy Power Gold Cup wait
Harry Cobden delivered a long-awaited November prize for McManus and a first for Ben Pauling. A King George challenge is under consideration—but the trainer sees more improvement needed.
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What we knew first
- JP McManus had owned more Cheltenham Festival winners than anyone else, yet this November prize kept getting away. Four runners-up since 2010 had helped make the Paddy Power Gold Cup a conspicuous omission from his record. On November 14, 2026, Meetmebythesea finally supplied the missing win—and gave trainer Ben Pauling his first success in the race too.