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Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup
22/11/11

Cheltenham Racecourse is delighted to announce that the £100,000 December Gold Cup, one of the highlights of The International on Saturday, December 10, will this year be run as the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup.

Poquelin (left) has won the two previous renewals of the
December Gold Cup.
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Poquelin

The Stewart Family is sponsoring the high-profile two mile, five furlong Grade Three handicap chase to help raise awareness of Adam Wolley, Greg Symondson and twins Hugo and Ross Turner, who are aiming to raise £150,000 for the charity Spinal Research by rowing across the Atlantic Ocean.

Adam, Greg, Hugo and Ross, who met while studying at Loughborough University, are due to set off from the Canary Islands on December 4, with the aim of rowing some 3,000 miles before arriving in Barbados in February, 2012.

In the process, the team hopes to become the youngest four-man crew to row across any ocean in the world, with Hugo and Ross also bidding to be the first twins to cross an ocean in this way.

As well as generously backing the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup, any of the Stewart Family’s runners in the race will run in aid of Spinal Research, with all prize money won going to the charity.

The Stewart Family’s likely runners this year include the Paul Nicholls-trained Poquelin, who has won the two previous renewals of the December Gold Cup and was runner-up over the same course and distance in the Grade One Ryanair Chase at The Festival in March, 2010.

Ghizao
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Ghizao
Poquelin’s stable companion Ghizao, runner-up in the Grade One Maghull Novices’ Chase at Aintree in April, could also line up alongside the Richard Rowe-trained Tatenen and Nomecheki, from the stable of Nick Gifford.

Andy Stewart commented: “This is a cause close to my heart and a high-profile sponsorship seemed a great opportunity to help promote such a tremendous fundraising challenge.

“I hope to have four horses in the race. We have won it for the past two years with Poquelin and he will return to Cheltenham. He’s gone down a couple of pounds for unseating in the BetVictor Gold Cup but he’s still rated 168 and will keep the weights down for the rest of the field.

“I spoke to Ghizao’s part-owner David Johnson at Ascot on Saturday and I imagine he will also go for the race and will probably be the preferred mount of Ruby Walsh.

“I also intend to run Tatenen and probably Nomecheki, who will either go for the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup or head to Aintree for the Sefton Handicap Chase (December 3) to see whether he is a potential Grand National horse or not.

“I'm hoping that we can highlight the great work of Spinal Research and help raise a significant sum for the charity.”

One of Andy's sons, Paul, suffered a severe spinal injury in a snowboarding accident in December, 2008. He was paralysed from the waist down and initially told by doctors that he would never walk again.

However, pioneering treatment in the UK and in Miami has seen Paul make a remarkable recovery and he is trying to be part of Great Britain’s swimming team at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Spinal Research is the UK's leading charity funding medical research around the world to develop reliable treatments for paralysis caused by a broken back or neck.

Every year more than 800 people in the UK and Ireland are paralysed following an injury to their spinal cord. Spinal Research raises money to fund research into clinical treatments as well as vital basic scientific research.

Thanks to this work, the treatment of paralysis is improving all the time and various therapies can now, in some cases, help restore movement and feeling, in the process transforming the lives of paralysed people.

The International is a two-day meeting at Cheltenham on Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10.

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