The biggest and best race of the Cheltenham Festival always falls on the final day – Gold Cup Day.
Every fan will be watching as the Cheltenham Gold Cup takes place at this year’s festival, which gets underway on March 11.
It is the event’s showpiece, and the sport’s best horses and jockeys will be hoping to claim the crown.
The focus will be on Galopin Des Champs once again, after the incredible horse won a second straight Gold Cup in 2024.
There is now a chance to make more history this time around by becoming the first horse since Best Mate in 2004 to win three in a row.
Cheltenham Gold Cup: Date and start time
The Cheltenham Gold Cup will take place on Friday, March 14.
It is expected to get started at around 4pm.
The showpiece race will follow the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle and precede the Festival Hunters Chase.
talkSPORT will have live coverage of this year’s Gold Cup.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
The race will also be broadcast free-to-air on ITV and ITVX.
Cheltenham Gold Cup: Runners and riders
Gold Cup runners and riders are yet to be officially confirmed.
But here are the horses currently listed to be involved:
- Galopin Des Champs
- Banbridge
- Fact to File
- Monty’s Star
- Grangeclare West
- Corbetts Cross
- L’Homme Presse
- Grey Dawning
- Jungle Boogie
- Hewick
- Gentlemansgame
- Ahoy Senor
- The Real Whacker
- Royale Pagaille
- Conflated
Cheltenham Gold Cup: Past winners
Every winner since 2010
- 2024 – Galopin Des Champs
- 2023 – Galopin Des Champs
- 2022 – A Plus Tard
- 2021 – Minella Indo
- 2020 – Al Boum Photo
- 2019 – Al Boum Photo
- 2018 – Native River
- 2017 – Sizing John
- 2016 – Don Cossack
- 2015 – Coneygree
- 2014 – Lord Windermere
- 2013 – Bobs Worth
- 2012 – Synchronised
- 2011 – Long Run
- 2010 – Imperial Commander
Cheltenham Gold Cup: Betting odds
All odds via talkSPORT BET – 27/02/25
- Galopin Des Champs – 1/2
- Banbridge – 11/2
- Fact to File – 6-1
- Monty’s Star – 11/1
- Corbetts Cross – 14/1
- Grangeclare West – 16/1
- Grey Dawning – 16/1
- L’Homme Presse – 20/1
- Jungle Boogie – 33/1
- Hewick – 50/1
- Gentlemansgame – 50/1
- The Real Whacker – 50/1
- Ahoy Senor – 66/1
- Royale Pagaille – 80/1
- Conflated – 100/1