Date | Time | Class | Distance |
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Fri 19th March 2021 | 15:30 | Grade 1 | 3 miles 2.5 furlongs |
Cheltenham Gold Cup Offers
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.
Betting on the Cheltenham Gold Cup
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.
Cheltenham Gold Cup Past Winners
Date | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
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2020 | Al Boum Photo | 8 | Paul Townsend | Willie Mullins |
2019 | Al Boum Photo | 7 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins (IRE) |
2018 | Native River | 8 | Richard Johnson | Colin Tizzard |
2017 | Sizing John | 7 | Robbie Power | Jessica Harrington (IRE) |
2016 | Don Cossack | 9 | Bryan Cooper | Gordon Elliott (IRE) |
More past winners
Date | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
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2015 | Coneygree | 8 | Nico de Boinville | Mark Bradstock |
2014 | Lord Windermere | 8 | Davy Russell | Jim Culloty (IRE) |
2013 | Bobs Worth | 8 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
2012 | Synchronised | 9 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
2011 | Long Run | 6 | Mr Sam Waley-Cohen | Nicky Henderson |
2010 | Imperial Commander | 9 | Paddy Brennan | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2009 | Kauto Star | 9 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
2008 | Denman | 8 | Sam Thomas | Paul Nicholls |
2007 | Kauto Star | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
2006 | War of Attrition | 7 | Conor O'Dwyer | Mouse Morris (IRE) |
2005 | Kicking King | 7 | Barry Geraghty | Tom Taaffe (IRE) |
2004 | Best Mate | 9 | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
2003 | Best Mate | 8 | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
2002 | Best Mate | 7 | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
2000 | Looks Like Trouble | 8 | Richard Johnson | Noel Chance |
1999 | See More Business | 9 | Mick Fitzgerald | Paul Nicholls |
1998 | Cool Dawn | 10 | Andrew Thornton | Robert Alner |
1997 | Mr Mulligan | 9 | Tony McCoy | Noel Chance |
1996 | Imperial Call | 7 | Conor O'Dwyer | Fergie Sutherland (IRE) |
1995 | Master Oats | 9 | Norman Williamson | Kim Bailey |
1994 | The Fellow | 9 | Adam Kondrat | François Doumen (FRA) |
1993 | Jodami | 8 | Mark Dwyer | Peter Beaumont |
1992 | Cool Ground | 10 | Adrian Maguire | Toby Balding |
1991 | Garrison Savannah | 8 | Mark Pitman | Jenny Pitman |
1990 | Norton's Coin | 9 | Graham McCourt | Sirrel Griffiths |
1989 | Desert Orchid | 10 | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
1988 | Charter Party | 10 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
1987 | The Thinker | 9 | Ridley Lamb | Arthur Stephenson |
1986 | Dawn Run† | 8 | Jonjo O'Neill | Paddy Mullins (IRE) |
1985 | Forgive 'n Forget | 8 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
1984 | Burrough Hill Lad | 8 | Phil Tuck | Jenny Pitman |
1983 | Bregawn | 9 | Graham Bradley | Michael W. Dickinson |
1982 | Silver Buck | 10 | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson |
1981 | Little Owl | 7 | Mr Jim Wilson | Peter Easterby |
1980 | Master Smudge [4] | 8 | Richard Hoare | Arthur Barrow |
1979 | Alverton | 9 | Jonjo O'Neill | Peter Easterby |
1978 | Midnight Court | 7 | John Francome | Fred Winter |
1977 | Davy Lad | 7 | Dessie Hughes | Mick O'Toole (IRE) |
1976 | Royal Frolic | 7 | John Burke | Fred Rimell |
1975 | Ten Up | 8 | Tommy Carberry | Jim Dreaper (IRE) |
1974 | Captain Christy | 7 | Bobby Beasley | Pat Taaffe (IRE) |
1973 | The Dikler | 10 | Ron Barry | Fulke Walwyn |
1972 | Glencaraig Lady† | 8 | Frank Berry | Francis Flood (IRE) |
1971 | L'Escargot | 8 | Tommy Carberry | Dan Moore (IRE) |
1970 | L'Escargot | 7 | Tommy Carberry | Dan Moore (IRE) |
1969 | What A Myth | 12 | Paul Kelleway | Ryan Price |
1968 | Fort Leney | 10 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper (IRE) |
1967 | Woodland Venture | 7 | Terry Biddlecombe | Fred Rimell |
1966 | Arkle | 9 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper (IRE) |
1965 | Arkle | 8 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper (IRE) |
1964 | Arkle | 7 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper (IRE) |
1963 | Mill House | 6 | Willie Robinson | Fulke Walwyn |
1962 | Mandarin | 11 | Fred Winter | Fulke Walwyn |
1961 | Saffron Tartan | 10 | Fred Winter | Don Butchers |
1960 | Pas Seul | 7 | Bill Rees | Bob Turnell |
1959 | Roddy Owen | 10 | Bobby Beasley | Danny Morgan (IRE) |
1958 | Kerstin† | 8 | Stan Hayhurst | Verly Bewicke |
1957 | Linwell | 9 | Michael Scudamore | Charlie Mallon[3] |
1956 | Limber Hill | 9 | Jimmy Power | Bill Dutton |
1955 | Gay Donald | 9 | Tony Grantham | Jim Ford |
1954 | Four Ten | 8 | Tommy Cusack | John Roberts |
1953 | Knock Hard | 9 | Tim Molony | Vincent O'Brien (IRE) |
1952 | Mont Tremblant | 6 | Dave Dick | Fulke Walwyn |
1951 | Silver Fame | 12 | Martin Molony | George Beeby |
1950 | Cottage Rake | 11 | Aubrey Brabazon | Vincent O'Brien (IRE) |
1949 | Cottage Rake | 10 | Aubrey Brabazon | Vincent O'Brien (IRE) |
1948 | Cottage Rake | 9 | Aubrey Brabazon | Vincent O'Brien (IRE) |
1947 | Fortina | 6 | Mr Richard Black | Hector Christie |
1946 | Prince Regent | 11 | Tim Hyde | Tom Dreaper (IRE) |
1945 | Red Rower | 11 | Davy Jones | 2nd Lord Stalbridge |
1942 | Medoc II | 8 | Frenchie Nicholson | Reg Hobbs |
1941 | Poet Prince | 9 | Roger Burford | Ivor Anthony |
1940 | Roman Hackle | 7 | Evan Williams | Owen Anthony |
1939 | Brendan's Cottage | 9 | George Owen | George Beeby |
1938 | Morse Code | 9 | Danny Morgan | Ivor Anthony |
1936 | Golden Miller | 9 | Evan Williams | Owen Anthony |
1935 | Golden Miller | 8 | Gerry Wilson | Basil Briscoe |
1934 | Golden Miller | 7 | Gerry Wilson | Basil Briscoe |
1933 | Golden Miller | 6 | Billy Stott | Basil Briscoe |
1932 | Golden Miller | 5 | Ted Leader | Basil Briscoe |
1930 | Easter Hero | 10 | Tommy Cullinan | Jack Anthony |
1929 | Easter Hero | 9 | Dick Rees | Jack Anthony |