the amount of prize money won by the winner of the cheltenham gold cup in 1987?

Answer 1

Woah there adam r! Desert Orchid did not win anywhere near £650,000 for his Gold Cup win! He won £66,635 for winning the race in March 1989.

The 1987 winner was The Thinker. He took home £21,090, from a total prize fund of £55,500.

There was a big increase in the value of the race the following season when Charter Party won and took home £61,960.

Answer 2

i think it was around the 6 hundred thousand mark,desert orchid won it a few years later and the prize was around 650,000.