Fact File: Cheltenham Festival Gold Cup - (2025)

Updated: 26/04/2025
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the feature race on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival
The Grade 1 race is run over a distance of three miles, two and a half furlongs, with 22 fences to be jumped
The richest non-handicap chase in Britain, it is often labelled the ‘Blue Riband’ of jump racing
In 1819, a flat race called ‘The Cheltenham Gold Cup’ was held on the top of Cleeve Hill
The present Gold Cup was inaugurated in 1924, but at that time the National Hunt Chase was still considered more prestigious
Golden Miller won the race five times from 1932 to 1936
The remarkable horse also won the Grand National in 1934
Arkle won the Gold Cup three times (1964, ‘65, ‘66)
He started the 1966 race at odds of 1/10, the shortest winning odds in the race’s history
Trainer Michael Dickinson saddled the first five horses home in 1983 – Bregawn, Captain John, Wayward Lad, Silver Buck and Ashley House
The mare Dawn Run remains the only horse to win both the Gold Cup and the Champion Hurdle
Norton’s Coin was the longest-priced winner; he won at 100/1 in 1990
Best Mate is one of four horses to win the race three or more times (2002, ‘03, ‘04)
Kauto Star made history in 2009, when he became the first horse to regain the Gold Cup, having previously won in 2007
Coneygree (2015) was the first novice to win since Captain Christy in 1974
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