Cheltenham Gold Cup Betting Offers 2025
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is one of the highlights of the racing calendar, and there’s an extra story to track this year, as 2023 and 2024 Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs looks to become the first horse to win the famous race three times in succession since Best Mate did so over 20 years ago.
Get your betting preparation in order, with the runners to keep an eye on, the trends to follow and the best Cheltenham Gold Cup betting offers and free bets for 2025.
Cheltenham 2025 Gold Cup betting offers and free bets
If previous years are anything to go by, we can expect a host of betting offers targeted at the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Last year saw William Hill, Betfair and LiveScoreBet all offer their existing customers free bets to use on the race, so it’ll be intriguing to see if other betting sites follow suit for Gold Cup 2025. Keep checking back in the build-up to the big race, as we aim to highlight the most relevant and appealing 2025 Gold Cup promotions.
Cheltenham Gold Cup welcome offers 2025
Betting sites often tailor their welcome offers for the Cheltenham Gold Cup but you can already benefit from a host of tempting sign-up offers, with enough free bets to carry you through the Cheltenham Festival.
Paddy Power Cheltenham Gold Cup betting offers 2025
New customers will get £30 in Paddy Power Cheltenham free bets when you place a £5 bet on any Cheltenham race.
bet365 Gold Cup betting offers 2025
Customers will get £50 in bet365 Cheltenham free bets when you sign up and bet £10 on bet365. Other great reasons to join bet365 include their Super Boosts and free-to-play 6 Horses Challenge.
BetVictor Gold Cup betting offers 2025
New customers will be able to receive £40 in Cheltenham free bets if they sign up and place a £20 bet.
Betfair Cheltenham Gold Cup betting offers 2025
All you have to do for this offer is sign up to Betfair and place a £10 bet. Once you do this, you will be given £50 in free bets.
Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup betting offers 2025
New customers will receive £50 in bonuses on Betfred for an initial £10 stake.
Ladbrokes Cheltenham Gold Cup betting offers 2025
This Ladbrokes Cheltenham offer gives you £20 in free bets when you place an opening bet of £5. You can use these free bets on the Gold Cup.
QuinnBet Cheltenham Gold Cup betting offers 2025
If you sign up with QuinnBet and your account has losses at the end of your first day’s betting, you will be refunded 50% of your first day’s losses as a free bet up to £35.
Coral Gold Cup betting offers 2025
Bet just £10 with Coral during Cheltenham and you will receive £40 in free bets.
10bet Cheltenham Gold Cup betting offers 2025
This Cheltenham betting offer from 10bet will give new customers a 50% bonus on their first qualifying deposit.
Betway Gold Cup betting offers 2025
William Hill Cheltenham Gold Cup betting offers 2025
LiveScoreBet Cheltenham Gold Cup betting offers 2025
Virgin Bet Gold Cup betting offers 2025
Tote Gold Cup betting offers 2025
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Matchbook Gold Cup betting offers 2025
Cheltenham Gold Cup – What you need to know
The Grade 1 horse race is one of the most exciting races of the year. Let’s start by walking you through the key facts when it comes to the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
How long is the Gold Cup, when’s it held and where’s it run?
The Gold Cup is a jumps race, run every March as part of the prestigious Cheltenham Festival. It actually started out as a flat race back in 1819, before switching to jumps in 1924 and moving to the current ‘New Course’ in 1959. The Cheltenham Gold Cup is run over 3 miles and 2½ furlongs, making it about a mile shorter than the Grand National.
Cheltenham Gold Cup confirmed runners
The final confirmed runners for this year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup won’t be announced until the days just before the race, but there’s already ante-post betting available with all the best betting sites.
As things stand, the leading 2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup runners are as follows:
- Galopin Des Champs
- Fact to File
- Gerri Colombe
- Monty’s Star
- Spillane’s Tower
- Banbridge
- Grey Dawning
- Embassy Gardens
- Corbetts Cross
- Il Est Francais
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2025 favourites
You can find the Cheltenham Gold Cup favourites here, alongside their biggest achievements to date and current Cheltenham Gold Cup betting odds.
| Cheltenham Gold Cup runners | Most notable result | 2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Galopin Des Champs | 2023/24 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner | 6/4 |
| Fact to File | 2024 Brown Advisory Chase winner | 9/2 |
| Gerri Colombe | 2024 Aintree Bowl winner | 16/1 |
| Monty’s Star | 2024 Brown Advisory Chase runner-up | 25/1 |
| Spillane’s Tower | 2024 Fairyhouse Gold Cup winner | 33/1 |
| Banbridge | 2024 King George VI winner | 33/1 |
| Grey Dawning | 2024 Turners Novices’ Chase winner | 33/1 |
| Embassy Gardens | 2024 NH Challenge Cup Chase runner-up | 40/1 |
| Corbetts Cross | 2024 NH Challenge Cup Chase winner | 40/1 |
| Il Est Francais | 2024 King George VI runner-up | 50/1 |
*All Cheltenham Gold Cup odds last updated at 5pm on 6th January 2025 and subject to change.
Galopin Des Champs is looking to create history but the other jockeys and horse involved will be trying their best to make sure the favourite doesn’t come away with the victory in the Gold Cup at Cheltenham. Let’s dive a little deeper to give you some more details on some of the runners. Hopefully this will help you pick your Cheltenham Gold Cup favourites for the race.
Galopin des Champs
Galopin des Champs is undoubtedly the one to beat as Willie Mullins and Paul Townend aim to secure a third successive Cheltenham Gold Cup. If November’s run was a chance to brush off the cobwebs, December’s Savills Chase showed the hat-trick is well on track, as he made all to win by a dominant 7½ lengths from supposed rival Fact to File.
Fact to File
Last year’s Brown Advisory Chase winner got the new season off to the best possible start, defeating both Galopin des Champs and Spillane’s Tower to win the John Durkan Memorial. The Savills Chase saw the order reversed though, and a 7½ length deficit will be hard to turn around if lining up alongside Galopin des Champs in the Gold Cup.
Gerri Colombe
Runner-up in last year’s Gold Cup but little to go on so far this season, well beaten as the odds-on favourite at Down Royal in November.
Monty’s Star
Turning into something of a runner-up specialist, with six second places in his 11 runs to date. Came home behind Fact to File at Cheltenham in 2024.
Spillane’s Tower
An excellent 2023/24 season culminated in two Grade One wins over in Ireland. Had to make do with a distant fifth place in the King George on Boxing Day though, so will have to show more if he is to be considered a genuine contender in this company.
Banbridge
Came home last of the nine finishers in last year’s Ryanair Chase but reversed that disappointment in fine style when securing Boxing Day’s King George VI Chase.
Grey Dawning
Will head to Cheltenham with fond memories of the course, having won the Turners Novices Chase a year ago. Ran well enough when second in November’s Betfair Chase, but there will be question marks after making a bad mistake at the first in the King George before eventually being pulled up.
Cheltenham Gold Cup past winners
There are always contrasting views as to the importance of past performance heading into big races like the Gold Cup. Kauto Star and Al Boum Photo have both won the race on more than one occasion in recent years, so there’s certainly some merit in backing repeat winners if the horse is good enough. Check out the roll of honour as we recall the most recent Cheltenham Gold Cup winners.
- 2024 – Galopin Des Champs (10/11 fav)
- 2023 – Galopin Des Champs (7/5 fav)
- 2022 – A Plus Tard (3/1 fav)
- 2021 – Minella Indo (9/1)
- 2020 – Al Boum Photo (100/30 fav)
- 2019 – Al Boum Photo (12/1)
- 2018 – Native River (5/1)
- 2017 – Sizing John (7/1)
- 2016 – Don Cossack (9/4 fav)
- 2015 – Coneygree (7/1)
- 2014 – Lord Windermere (20/1)
- 2013 – Bob’s Worth (11/4 fav)
- 2012 – Synchronised (8/1)
- 2011 – Long Run (7/2 fav)
- 2010 – Imperial Commander (7/1)
- 2009 – Kauto Star (7/4 fav)
- 2008 – Denman (9/4)
- 2007 – Kauto Star (5/4 fav)
Cheltenham Gold Cup betting trends
Going back through previous Gold Cups is one way to try and find the winner of the race, or to at least eliminate some horses and produce a shortlist of potential Gold Cup winners.
Key Cheltenham Gold Cup betting trends
- 12/12 – Had raced at Cheltenham previously
- 11/12 – Had previously won at least one race of 3 miles or more
- 10/12 – Won at single-figure odds (9/1 or less)
- 9/12 – Won their most recent race
- 8/12 – Aged exactly 8 years old
- 7/12 – Had raced within the last 8 weeks
- 6/12 – Won by the favourite
- 4/12 – W P Mullins was trainer
- 3/12 – Aged 7 years old or less
- 2/12 – Henry de Bromhead was trainer
- 2/12 – Won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in the previous year
- 1/12 – Aged 9 years old or older
It would seem that an 8 year old horse with Cheltenham experience, coming in off the back of a win, is going to appeal, while punters shouldn’t be put off taking on the favourite if recent results are anything to go by.
How to watch and stream the Cheltenham Gold Cup
The Cheltenham Festival is one of the biggest sporting events on the calendar, so it’s no surprise that you can watch the drama unfold on ITV. However not all the day’s races are covered on the channel, so it’s worth looking at streaming as an alternative options, especially as that’s a service provided for free by the majority of bookmakers.
Having the ability to cash out your bets midrace is another perk of watching the race unfold online, so it’s good to work out the best option for you in advance, to avoid a late panic when race day arrives.
Cheltenham Gold Cup FAQs
What date is Cheltenham Gold Cup 2025?
The Cheltenham Festival is generally scheduled to coincide with St Patrick’s Day, and the Gold Cup always takes places on a Friday, meaning this year’s race will take place on Friday 14th March 2025.
Who won Gold Cup 2024?
Paul Townend rode Galopin Des Champs to victory by over 7 lengths in the 2024 Cheltenham Gold Cup, replicating his achievements from a year earlier. It gave trainer Willie Mullins his fourth Gold Cup win in six years.
What time is the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
All the feature races at this year’s Cheltenham Festival have been moved to a later time than before, so the Gold Cup is scheduled to start at 4pm on Friday 14 March 2025.
Who are the runners in the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
The confirmed Cheltenham Gold Cup runners will be announced shortly before the race, but we already have a good idea of the main contenders, including previous winner Galopin Des Champs.
Has a woman ever won the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Rachael Blackmore followed up her 2021 Grand National triumph by becoming the first woman to ride a Cheltenham Gold Cup winner in 2022. Blackmore is expected to ride in the Gold Cup once again in 2025.
Has any horse won the Gold Cup three times?
Galopin des Champs will strive to become the first horse to win three Gold Cups since Best Mate did so between 2002 and 2004. Prior to Best Mate, the impressive feat was also achieved by Arkle (1964-66) and Cottage Rake (1948-50), with Golden Miller actually coming out on top in five consecutive years between 1932 and 1936.
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