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The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the most prestigious race of the British and Irish jump racing season and the centrepiece of the Cheltenham Festival.
A field of nine remains standing to run in the race, with several names a larger prices being withdrawn at the five-fay confirmations stage. The headline news in the late entry of current Grand National favourite Inothewayurthinkin for JP McManus and trainer Gavin Cromwell.
Galopin Des Champs remains the red-hot favourite for the race as he aims to become the first horse since Best Mate in 2004 to win three straight Gold Cups.
When is the Cheltenham Gold Cup 2025?
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is Friday, March 14 at 4pm. It is the most important race of the four-day Cheltenham festival.
List of entries
Odds
6. Galopin Des Champs
Back-to-back winner of the race and back to the top of the market after twice reversing form with Fact To File. First in the Savills Chase at Christmas and then again in the Irish Gold Cup. Now very much still the one to beat.
Trainer
Willie Mullins
Jockey
Paul Townend
Expert rating
OR 177
OR
177
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2. Banbridge
Odds
Won the King George in fine style. Test now is to prove he has the stamina to get up the hill in a race run at Gold Cup tempo. Those extra two furlongs up the hill might just find him out.
Trainer
Joseph O’Brien
Jockey
JJ Slevin
Expert rating
OR 168
OR
168
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6. Inothewayurthinkin
Odds
A late edition to the race and an intriguing one considering he is current favourite for the Grand National next month. Has been well held against top opposition a couple of times already this season and needs to find more on the form book to trouble the favourite here. Proper stayer though and thus should be in the place shake up.
Trainer
Gavin Cromwell
Jockey
Mark Walsh
Expert rating
OR 160
OR
160
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13. Monty’s Star
Odds
Found only Fact To File and Spillane’s Tower too good in Grade 1s last season. Found wanting when push came to shove in the Irish Gold Cup. A place looks the best possible outcome for him now.
Trainer
Henry De Bromhead
Jockey
Rachael Blackmore
Expert rating
OR 159
OR
159
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4. Corbett’s Cross
Odds
Perhaps came unstuck on quick-enough ground in the King George but had no answers for Pic D’Orhy in the Ascot Chase but the Gold Cup trip could be more up his street. Place claims.
Trainer
Emmet Mullins
Jockey
Jack Kennedy
Expert rating
OR 147
OR
147
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7. Gentlemansgame
Odds
Always seems to give his running but still smacks of one who does not have quite enough to win one of the big ones. Third in the Savills was a good effort though but took a step back when finding a couple too good in the Cotswold Chase.
Trainer
Mouse Morris
Jockey
Darragh O’Keeffe
Expert rating
OR 160
OR
160
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15. The Real Whacker
Odds
A festival winner, having won the 2023 Brown Advisory. Tends to race prominently and can be a danger if getting into a decent jumping rhythm. Pulled up in last year’s race.
Trainer
Patrick Neville
Jockey
Brian Hughes
Expert rating
OR 159
OR
159
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14. Royal Pagaille
Odds
If the Gold Cup were run on soft ground at Haydock then he would be a single-figure price. However, it is not and thus he faces an uphill battle to be competitive in a race in which he has never finished better than fifth.
Trainer
Venetia Williams
Jockey
Charlie Deutsch
Expert rating
OR 164
OR
164
18+ only, T&Cs apply
1. Ahoy Senor
Odds
Capable of brilliance and lunacy, Ahoy Senor is true racing enigma. A two-time Grade 1 but now aged ten he has to prove that he still has his ability in spite of growing years. Pulled up on back-to-back starts.
Trainer
Lucina Russell
Jockey
Derek Fox
Expert rating
OR 168
OR
168
18+ only, T&Cs apply
Telegraph Sport Gold Cup tips
Marcus Armytage: Galopin Des Champ. Loves the track and no horse arrives at the meeting with better form.
Charlie Brooks: Galopin Des Champs. Only has to reproduce what he has done in the past to win.
Marlborough: Galopin Des Champs. Seemingly scared off majority of opposition and very hard to oppose in his hat-trick bid.
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2025: horses and odds
Check out the Cheltenham Gold Cup odds along with each horse’s statistical chance of victory.
Cheltenham Gold Cup course guide
The Cheltenham Gold Cup in run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse. While the Old Course suits quicker horses who like to sit close to the pace, the New Course presents a much stiffer test of stamina with a longer, more testing run-in up the hill.
This does not count out front-runners in a Gold Cup but it does mean horses have more time to utilise stamina late in races.
Last year’s winner – who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2024?
Last year’s race was won by the Willie Mullins-trained Galopin Des Champs, who became a back-to-back winner of the race.
What is the prize-money for the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
The total prize-fund for the race is £625,000, with £351,687 going to the winner. After that the second will receive £132,500, the third £66,312, the fourth £33,125, the fifth £16,625, the sixth £8312, the seventh £4125 and the eighth £2125.
Ticket prices and how to get them
Club tickets for Gold Cup day have now sold out but Tattersalls tickets are still available from £84.60. A ticket for the Best Mate enclosure will set you back £67.50. Multi-buy options are available for all ticket types.
Tickets can be purchase from www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham/events-tickets/the-festival/tickets
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