Which horse is the favourite to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup is always a popular question in the build-up to the best four days of jumps action. We answer that Festival query below, plus have the latest Gold Cup betting and some interesting favourites stats.
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Galopin Des Champs Is The 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup Favourite
Firstly – let’s answer the headline question.
Galopin Des Champs is the horse most likely to be sent off as the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite @ 6/4 with the best horse racing betting sites – and it’s not hard to see why.
The Willie Mullins horse has been solid at the head of the Gold Cup market for much of the season and after a smooth Irish Gold Cup win (watch below) this has further cemented his position.
The 7 year-old has won five of his six chase starts – with the only blot on his copybook coming at the Cheltenham Festival last season, when Galopin Des Champs was well clear but fell at the last in the Turners Novices’ Chase.
Those punters looking to take him on might cling to this. But regardless, Galopin Des Champs is sure to a popular pick for the 2023 Gold Cup and is a worthy favourite for the Friday showpiece race.
Two Of The Last Three Cheltenham Gold Cup Favourites Have Won
In the last 19 runnings of the Cheltenham Gold Cup there have been 9 winning favourites – therefore, a decent 47% strike-rate.
Two of those market leaders have also come in the last three runnings, with A Plus Tard and Al Boum Photo hitting the bookmakers hard, while in the last 10 years there have been 4 winning jollies in the race.
Bobs Worth (2013) and Don Cossask (2016), were the other two Gold Cup winning favourites in the last 10 years.
The stats increase further when we look at the Gold Cup favourites that finished placed – with (68%) of the last 19 finishing in the first three.
Which Horses Are Next in The Gold Cup Betting Market?
The 2022 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner A Plus Tard comes next in the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup betting market @ 6/1 with Virgin Bet.
This Henry De Bromhead chaser will be looking follow in the repeat what Al Boum Photo (2019/2020) did recently and win back-to-back Gold Cups.
Grand National winner Noble Yeats @ 8/1 is also an intended runner and is sure to have his supporters, while this season’s King George VI Chase victor Bravemansgame is next best @ 6/1.
Conflated @ 12/1 will represent the Gordon Elliott yard and having bypassed the Dublin Racing Festival to be kept fresh for this could go well. While we should also see the 2021 Gold Cup winner Minella Indo @ 20/1 back in the race. He was also runner-up in 2022, plus won the 2019 Albert Bartlett. His Cheltenham Festival record reads 1-2-1-2, so clearly loves the place!
Latest Cheltenham Gold Cup Betting Odds
- Galopin Des Champs 6/4
- Bravemansgame 6/1
- A Plus Tard 13/2
- Noble Yeats 8/1
- Stattler 8/1
- Conflated 12/1
- 14/1 Bar
Odds correct 15th March, but subject to change.
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