Cheltenham Gold Cup

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the biggest Grade 1 race in National Hunt racing, showcasing the talents of the UK and Ireland’s top steeplechasers over 3 miles 2.5 furlongs.

2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup

Galopin Des Champs steps up to defend his 2024 Gold Cup title, starting the race as favourite for the second year in a row. After an indifferent start to the season at Punchestown in November he took two consecutive Grade 1s at Leopardstown, most recently winning the Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase by over 4 lengths in February.

His price of 4/7 doesn’t reflect the threat posed by Banbridge, who showed what he’s capable of in Grade 1 3 mile chases when he won the King George V Chase at Kempton in December. He’s an unpredictable perfomer, however, and finished 75 lengths off the place in last year’s Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham. Nevertheless capable of an upset, at 13/2 he’s a decent each-way option.

For the rest of the field you’ll be looking for a horse who can pay out generously on a place. Crobett’s Cross fits the billing. He was a winner at Cheltenham last season in the Cheltenham Challenge Cup and recently took second place in the Grade 1 Ascot Chase. At 20/1 he’ll provide a good return on each-way bets if he places.

Result

POS Dist Runners
1 st

Inothewayurthinkin

J : M P Walsh T : G P Cromwell SP : 15/2 WGT : 74
2 nd 6

Galopin Des Champs

J : P Townend T : W P Mullins SP : 8/13 WGT : 74
3 rd 12

Gentlemansgame

J : D J O’Keeffe T : M F Morris SP : 40/1 WGT : 74
4 th 1.25

Monty’s Star

J : Rachael Blackmore T : H De Bromhead SP : 8/1 WGT : 74
5 th 20

The Real Whacker

J : B S Hughes T : P Neville SP : 28/1 WGT : 74
6 th 2.25

Royale Pagaille

J : Charlie Deutsch T : Miss V Williams SP : 80/1 WGT : 74
7 th 1.25

Banbridge

J : J J Slevin T : J P O’Brien SP : 13/2 WGT : 74
F

Ahoy Senor

J : D R Fox T : Miss Lucinda V Russell SP : 28/1 WGT : 74
F

Corbetts Cross

J : J W Kennedy T : E Mullins SP : 14/1 WGT : 74

Cheltenham Gold Cup Tips

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About the Cheltenham Gold Cup

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the most prestigious Grade 1 race in National Hunt racing. Run over a distance of 3 miles 2½ furlongs, it serves as the championship race for middle distance steeplechasers in the United Kingdom. Entry to the race is open to 5-year-old and above racehorses and 22 fences are jumped on the way to the finishing post.

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is one of a handful of thoroughbred races in England that attracts interest from the general public, with an estimated 1.4 million people tuning in to watch the race annually. This high level of public interest makes the race a major annual event for bookmakers, who can make huge profits or losses depending on the outcome of the race.

The Cheltenham Gold Cup has a tendency to attract at least two world class entries, which tends to resist the downward pressure the public would otherwise place on an outright favourite. In fact only one winner has run out priced under Evens since 1950. The net result of this is you can usually get good value on the favourite, who in recent years has approached a 40% strike rate in the race.

However, value is usually found in the horses priced high enough to pay out on each way bets if they place. The intensity of the race can easily expose the favourite to injury or a fall, which can open the Gold Cup up to the outsiders. Which in turn means that selecting the outsider most likely to place can be the most lucrative approach to Gold Cup betting.

Recent Winners

DateWinnerAgeJockeyTrainer
2024Galopin Des Champs8Paul TownendW P Mullins
2023Galopin Des Champs7Paul TownsendWillie Mullins
2022A Plus Tard8Rachael BlackmoreHenry De Bromhead
2021Minella Indo8J.W. KennedyHenry de Bromhead
2020Al Boum Photo8Paul TownsendWillie Mullins
2019Al Boum Photo7Paul TownendWillie Mullins