Forbra Gold Cup Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

2025 Forbra Gold Cup Preview

Scheduled to take place in March of each year at the Ludlow racecourse is the Forbra Gold Cup, a race which is open to runners aged five or older, it's a Class 3 handicap chase which is run over just shy of three miles during which the runners have to contend with a total of nineteen fences.

Forbra Gold Cup Information:

• Forbra Gold Cup Past Winners
• Forbra Gold Cup Trainer Statistics
• Forbra Gold Cup Jockey Statistics

We also have a dedicated Ludlow tips page that will cover this race as well as all of the other races on the day of the race, see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are predicting to win this race and the others on the cards.

How competitive is the Forbra Gold Cup market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2024 when the race had an over-round of 107%. The race in 2003 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 123%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Forbra Gold Cup, the over-round has been 114%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £114 which is bet.

Forbra Gold Cup Trends:

• 2025 Forbra Gold Cup Trends
• Forbra Gold Cup Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Forbra Gold Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -9.17. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page so you can get easy access to the OLBG racing picks daily.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 5:50.50 was set by Rodalko in 2004, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Oliver Sherwood and ridden by Jimmy McCarthy. The slowest winning time was set in 2024 when Arizona Cardinal won in a time of 6:39.05, booked to ride was Ciaran Gethings on this Stuart Edmunds trained runner.

These are the top three quickest-run Forbra Gold Cup over the last 20 renewals:

1. Rodalko (5:50.50) in 2004
2. Kilcrea Asla (5:55.60) in 2009
3. Drumbaloo (5:56.90) in 2012

Forbra Gold Cup Past Winners

Here are the Forbra Gold Cup past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Forbra Gold Cup as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Race Notes: The race was abandoned in 2001, 2006 & 2018.

Forbra Gold Cup Trainer Statistics

There are multiple leading trainers in the Forbra Gold Cup over the last 20 renewals with Venetia Williams, Henry Daly, Evan Williams, Tom George, Jonjo O'Neill and Oliver Sherwood having all won the race two times. Venetia Williams winners have been with Ballyoliver (2013) and Marcilhac (2017). Henry Daly winners have been with Head To The Stars (2020 & 2021). Evan Williams winners have been with Drumbaloo (2012) and Firebird Flyer (2014). Tom George winners have been with Kilcrea Asla (2009) and Java Point (2022). Jonjo O'Neill's winners have been Parkinson (2007) and Isn't That Lucky (2011). Oliver Sherwood winners have been with Rodalko (2004) and Global Power (2015). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Forbra Gold Cup, Nigel Twiston-Davies has sent a total of 16 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Forbra Gold Cup trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Forbra Gold Cup Jockey Statistics

Here are some of the top Forbra Gold Cup jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

2025 Forbra Gold Cup Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 4, 2, 3, UR, PU, 2, 4, PU, UR, 1, (2, 5), (1, PU)

The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.

• 20 / 20 (68%) - Had 4 - 12 placings (Career)
• 20 / 20 (69%) - Within the first 6 of the market
• 20 / 20 (69%) - Made 8 - 28 starts (Career)
• 20 / 20 (71%) - Made 3 - 10 starts (Going)
• 20 / 20 (72%) - Fewer than 17 starts (Chase)
• 20 / 20 (75%) - Made 2 - 20 starts (Hcps)
• 20 / 20 (79%) - Had 1 - 9 placings (Hcps)
• 20 / 20 (81%) - No bigger than 14/1
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Fewer than 6 placings (Going)
• 20 / 20 (82%) - Had 1 - 6 wins (Career)
• 20 / 20 (84%) - Beaten no more -36l (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (84%) - No more than +3yrs (Vs Min Age)
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Carried 128 - 160lbs (Debut)
• 20 / 20 (86%) - Fewer than 5 wins (Chase)
• 20 / 20 (86%) - Off a break of 8 - 77 days

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Ludlow racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Forbra Gold Cup. If you are looking to place on a bet this race well in advance of the actual running, then there may be an ante-post market available for you to place your bet. If you are unfamiliar with this type of betting then head over to the OLBG Betting School and read our Ante-Post Horse Racing article which explains how ante-post betting works.

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Forbra Gold Cup Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +10.33 is when runners had 1 start in the past 30 days. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 4 career wins in Handicap races, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-22.

The courses that have produced the most winners of the Forbra Gold Cup are Ludlow, Taunton and Ffos Las, there has been a total number of 3 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 166 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 5 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Forbra Gold Cup, that stallion Kayf Tara has produced 4 winners (2024,2021,2020,2013).

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Forbra Gold Cup, that stallion is Montelimar who has failed to produce a winner from 5 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Le Cameleon in 2023, winning for Jane Williams at odds of 14/1 under the guidance of David Noonan. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 7 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Forbra Gold Cup remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.