Willie Mullins is without a doubt the most successful trainer in Cheltenham Festival history – but how many times has the Irishman won the Gold Cup? We also take a look at all the possible Willie Mullins Gold Cup runners for 2024.
Willie Mullins Has Won The Cheltenham Gold Cup Three Times In The Past
The Gold Cup is without a doubt the biggest race at the Cheltenham Festival, with the winner of the Friday race taking home a whopping £625,000 in prize money.
Willie Mullins is looking for back to back winners in the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival this year, after securing a third victory in the race last year with Galopin Des Champs.
Only Tom Dreaper (5) and Basil Briscoe (4) have trained more Cheltenham Gold Cup winners than Willie Mullins – with Paul Nicholls and Henrietta Knight tied with the Irishman on three winners.
The Gold Cup has provided Willie Mullins with just over 3% of his overall 94 Cheltenham Festival winners heading into the 2024 festival.
Mullins has largely dominated the last few years of the Cheltenham Gold Cup – winning the race three times in the last five renewals.
We can expect yet another big showing from Willie Mullins in the 2024 Cheltenham Gold Cup this year (see his entries below), as the trainer looks to chase down Tom Dreaper’s five wins in the race.
Possible Willie Mullins Cheltenham Gold Cup Runners In 2024
The final 2024 Cheltenham Gold Cup runners will be announced on Wednesday 13th March (48h decs), but at this stage Mullins has just two entries. You can also see all the main 2024 Willie Mullins Cheltenham runners here.
- Galopin Des Champs
- Monkfish
Who Is The 2024 Cheltenham Gold Cup Favourite And How Many Market Leaders Win This Race?
After winning the 2023 Gold Cup by a comfortable seven-length margin last year (watch below), it comes to no surprise that Galopin Des Champs returns in 2024 looking to retain his title.
The Willie Mullins trained superstar is currently odds on favourite with the best UK horse racing betting sites, which suggests that Mullins could pick up his fourth win in the Gold Cup this year.
There are plenty of contenders lining up to upset the impressive Galopin Des Champs this year, with Fastorslow the champion’s main market rival.
Fastorslow has beaten Galopin Des Champs over the line twice in the past and the Martin Brassil-trained horse is certainly the one to watch after the favourite.
In the 94 runnings of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, 32 favourites have won – which works out out be 34% success rate for the market leaders.
The Gold Cup has been won by favourites for the past two years:
- Galopin Des Champs (2023) @ 7/5
- A Plus Tard (2022) @ 3/1
Galopin Des Champs Was The Last Willie Mullins Cheltenham Gold Cup Winner (2023)
Galopin Des Champs is looking to become just the ninth horse in history to to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup for a second time and after an impressive win last time out in the Irish Gold Cup (watch below), Willie Mullins will be confident of a consecutive Gold Cup win.
Paul Townend has rode all three of Mullins’ Cheltenham Gold Cup victories so far and yet again he will mount Galopin Des Champs on March 15th looking for back to back successes.
Galopin Des Champs has won two of his three races so far this season – with the only defeat coming to Fastorslow in November at Punchestown.
When Is The Cheltenham Gold Cup 2024?
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is staged at the Cheltenham Festival on the final day – Friday
📅Time/Date: 3:30pm, Friday 15th March 2024
🏇Racecourse: Cheltenham
💰 Winner: £625,000
📺 TV: RacingTV / ITV
See the full running order and times for the 2024 Cheltenham Festival.
Willie Mullins Cheltenham Gold Cup Winners
See below the full list of Willie Mullins Cheltenham Gold Cup winners (correct as Feb, 2024).
- Al Boum Photo (2019)
- Al Boum Photo (2020)
- Galopin Des Champs (2023)
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