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===Later career===
In the following season Cyborgo was ridden by McCoy in all three of his races. On his debut he started 3/1 favourite for the [[Welsh National]] at Chepstow on 27 December but was pulled up at the second-last fence of a race won by [[Earth Summit (horse)|Earth Summit]]. He produced much his best effort of the season at Cheltenham a month later when he ran second to [[See More Business]] in the [[Cotswold Chase|Pillar Property Investments Chase]] finishing well ahead of [[Rough Quest]] and Barton Bank.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/11/cheltenham/1998-01-31/247523|title=Pillar Chase result |publisher=Racing Post|date=31 January 1998}}</ref> His performance led to his odds for the Cheltenham Gold Cup to be cut from 40/1 to 14/1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/cyborgo-right-back-in-gold-cup-reckoning-26195078.html|title=Cyborgo right back in Gold Cup reckoning|date=2 February 1998|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> On his second attempt to win the Gold Cup, Cyborgo started 10/1 fourth favourite behind Doran Pride, See More Business and [[Suny Bay]]. He was travelling well before breaking down and pulling up before the seventh. As McCoy swerved to the right to prevent the lame horse from attempting to jump the fence he badly hampered See More Business, forcing the second favourite wide of the fence and out of the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Business+goes+bust.-a060688154|title=Business goes bust|date=20 March 1998|work=[[Daily Mirror]]}}</ref> According to [[Robin Oakley]], See More Business's trainer [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] had to be physically restrained from confronting Martin Pipe.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gWs3AAAAQBAJ
Cyborgo returned to hurdling for his first run of the next season in December but made little impression in the Long Walk hurdle and was tailed off when he was pulled up before the second last in a race won by [[Princeful]]. In January he again contested the Pillar Chase but came home last of the four finishers behind [[Cyfor Malta]], Go Ballistic and See More Business, twenty-four lengths behind the winner. Cyborgo was pulled up in his three remaining National Hunt races: the [[Grand National Trial]] (after disputing the lead for most of the way), the [[1999 Grand National]] (as a 50/1 outsider)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/32/aintree/1999-04-10/262162|title=Grand National result|publisher=Racing Post|date=10 April 1999}}</ref> and a handicap chase at Uttoxeter in May. Three months later it was announced that the horse would be retired from National Hunt racing. His owner Hugh Duder said "Cyborgo gave us and a lot of other people an enormous amount of pleasure. But he has been telling us he needs a rest. I'd like to pay tribute to Martin Pipe, whose training of the horse was brilliant, and to his lass Delphine Gulla, who loved him and looked after him so well." Pipe called Cyborgo "a brilliant horse... He really was terrifically tough and had so much ability".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/STAYERS'+HURDLE+HERO+CYBORGO+RETIRED.-a060185077|title=Stayers' Hurdle Hero Cyborgo Retired|date=29 August 1999|work=Racing Post}}</ref>
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