Cheltenham Gold Cup Tips

Get our Cheltenham Gold Cup tips for the biggest race of the Festival!

The 2027 Cheltenham Gold Cup will be run on Friday, March 19th 2027.

Our tip for the race will be posted closer to the date.

The latest Cheltenham Gold Cup odds for 2027 will be updated regularly through the jumps season.

With a high-quality field set to go to post for the 2026 Cheltenham Gold Cup, it could be worth examining the trends that could help pinpoint a likely winner of the race. Below, you can find the key stats:

• Aged 7-9 (12/12) ✅
• Run Within 80 Days (11/12) ✅
• Horses With Cheltenham Experience (12/12) & Winning Experience (8/12) ✅
• Runners With 2+ Runs Over The Gold Cup Distance (11/12) ✅
• Horses With 2+ Wins Over Fences (12/12) ✅
• Grade One-Winning Form (12/12) ✅

Trends are for up to and including the 2025 Gold Cup.

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After two years of Galopin Des Champs domination, he was unsurprisingly well backed in the ring. Eventually sent off 8/13, the nearest challenger in the 9 runner field was Banbridge at 13/2, followed by Inothewayurthinking (15/2) and Monty's Star (8/1).

The race was a messy one from the start, with numerous horses making jumping mistakes and the heavy favourite having to be given some early encouragement, worrying backers.

Ahoy Senor led for the majority of the early stages, but fell at the open ditch 15. Numerous horses behind were badly hampered including Galopin Des Champs but he was able to quickly make up the ground and rejoin the pack.

As they turned towards the third from home, it looked like the race was his to lose. He loomed up outside Gentlemansgame, travelling beautfiully. He managed to hold the lead over the second last, but the tank emptied quickly after the last, and Inothewayurthinking flew over the last and quickly put the race to bed.

Gaelic Warrior

Winner of the 2024 Arkle Chase, and has progressed into a high-quality staying chaser, landing Grade One honours at Aintree last April. Finished third in the King George and second in the Irish Gold Cup. Sole runner in the race for Willie Mullins.

The Jukebox Man

Harry Redknapp-owned runner, who has a perfect 4-4 record over fences. Most recently landing the King George in stunning fashion from the opposing Gaelic Warrior and Jango Baie. Was second behind Stellar Story in the 2024 Albert Bartlett.

Jango Baie

Last year’s Arkle winner has looked like a potential star over three miles. Ran a stormer to finish fourth in the King George. Excels at the track, beating a high-quality field over two miles 12 months ago. Should be better suited to this test.

Haiti Couleurs

Rebecca Curtis has a leading chance in this year’s Gold Cup. The nine-year-old has bundles of stamina, winning the Welsh Grand National in December and the Grade Two Denman Chase last time. Will be coming late, but last year’s win in the National Hunt Cup indicates that he will handle the Cheltenham Hill.

Inothewayurthinkin

Last year’s Gold Cup winner returns to Cheltenham with questions to answer. Took a tired fall in the Irish Gold Cup, and was only ninth in the Savills Chase in December. Clearly excels at Cheltenham, winning at the Festival in each of the last two years.

Grey Dawning

Dan Skelton-trained nine-year-old who has form to find with Spillane’s Tower after finishing third in the Cotswold Chase. Won the Turners Novices’ Chase at the Festival in 2024, but may lack the class to get competitive.

Spillane’s Tower

Won the Cotswold Chase on Trials Day in January, bouncing back from a poor run when beaten eight lengths by El Fabiolo in December. Handles Cheltenham, but a career-best performance is required.

Envoi Allen

Likeable 12-year-old for Henry De Bromhead, who has won three times at the Festival. Produced a stunning performance when landing the Champion Chase at Down Royal. However, no 12-year-old has won the race since 1969.

Firefox

Eye-catching late progress when fourth in the Irish Gold Cup last month. Two-time winner over fences, but never competitive in the Jack Richards Novices’ Handicap Chase last year. Yet to show his quality at the highest level.

L’Homme Presse

Eleven-year-old for Venetia Williams, who landed a shock winner earlier in the week. Three-time course winner, but has form to find on Spillane’s Tower and Haiti Couleurs. Likely regressing.

Gold Tweet

French raider who landed the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham in 2023. Has been well beaten on his last two starts, including when seven lengths second in a French Grade One in November. Almost impossible to make a case for.

The Gold Cup is the highlight of the Cheltenham Festival, and our tipsters spend painstaking hours researching the race both before and during the Festival itself.

Given the stature of the race and the quality of the horses running, the majority of relevant form takes place at the biggest Festivals - think Kempton on Boxing Day, the Dublin Racing Festival, the Punchestown Festival, previous Cheltenham Festivals, and the like.

In short, it's very rare for a contender to come to this race not having run in multiple Grade 1 and Grade 2s, and these will have been watched and carefully analysed by our team. For our Cheltenham Gold Cup tips, they focus on key information for each horse such as:

• Ground suitability
• Jumping quality and any quirks
• Stamina (especially key for the Cheltenham hill)
• Race planning and targets

They'll take all this information, plus anything else they can gather from other sources such as trainer quotes, and use it to review the entire field, before making a decision on our tip.

The tip is then posted on this page, along with full reasoning.