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2025 Greatwood Gold Cup Preview
The Newbury Gold Cup is better known as the Greatwood Gold Cup and is scheduled to take place in March of each year at the Newbury racecourse, the race is open to runners aged five or older who will have to face a total of sixteen fences during the two miles and four-furlong trip.
Greatwood Gold Cup Information:
- Greatwood Gold Cup Past Winners
- Greatwood Gold Cup Trainer Statistics
- Greatwood Gold Cup Jockey Statistics
We also have a dedicated Newbury 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. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Newbury Racecourse section for links to these.
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How competitive is the Greatwood Gold Cup market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 19 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2010 when the race had an over-round of 113%. The race in 2011 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 126%, whilst on average over the last 19 renewals of the Greatwood Gold Cup, the over-round has been 119%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £119 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2025 Greatwood Gold Cup Trends, see which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal, we also have a section that looks at the Greatwood Gold Cup Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run Greatwood Gold Cup over the last 19 renewals:
- The Big Bite (4:50.00) in 2023
- Umbrigado (4:50.60) in 2021
- New Little Bric (4:50.68) in 2009
Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 19 if you had followed the winner of the Greatwood Gold Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 1 winner. Backing all 20 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -18.00. Remember to use the racing predictions along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2025 Greatwood Gold Cup.
When looking over the past 19 renewals, a time of 4:50.00 was set by The Big Bite in 2023, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Henry Oliver and ridden by Jonathan Burke. The slowest winning time was set in 2024 when Heltenham won in a time of 5:10.80, booked to ride was Ciaran Gethings by the trainer Dan Skelton.
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Greatwood Gold Cup Past Winners
Here are the Greatwood 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 horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Greatwood Gold Cup are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 5:10.80 | Heltenham (FR) 7yo 10-9 17/2 | Ciaran Gethings Dan Skelton (GB) |
| 2023 4:50.00 | The Big Bite (IRE) 10yo 10-5 12/1 | Jonathan Burke Henry Oliver (GB) |
| 2022 5:06.80 | Paint The Dream (GB) 8yo 11-11 8/1 | Connor Brace Fergal O'Brien (GB) |
| 2021 4:50.60 | Umbrigado (IRE) 7yo 11-3 13/2 | David Noonan David Pipe (GB) |
| 2019 4:56.10 | San Benedeto (FR) 8yo 11-5 11/1 | Nick Scholfield Paul Nicholls (GB) |
| 2017 5:06.80 | Thomas Crapper (GB) 10yo 10-2 8/1 | Charlie Poste Robin Dickin (GB) |
| 2016 5:08.90 | Sametegal (FR) 7yo 11-3 7/1 | Sam Twiston-Davies Paul Nicholls (GB) |
| 2015 5:04.80 | Sound Investment (IRE) 7yo 11-12 7/2F | Sam Twiston-Davies Paul Nicholls (GB) |
| 2014 5:10.67 | Shangani (USA) 8yo 10-12 3/1F | Tom Scudamore Venetia Williams (GB) |
| 2013 4:58.57 | Pacha Du Polder (FR) 6yo 11-0 18/1 | Ryan Mahon (3lbs) Paul Nicholls (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Greatwood Gold Cup have been based:
- GB: 20 winners with an additional 36 placings from 218 runners
- FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 5 runners
- IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
Greatwood Gold Cup Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Greatwood Gold Cup over the last 19 renewals is Paul Nicholls who has won the race nine times with those nine winners coming from Cornish Sett (2006), Natal (2008), New Little Bric (2009), Big Fella Thanks (2010), Aerial (2012), Pacha Du Polder (2013), Sound Investment (2015), Sametegal (2016) and San Benedeto (2019). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Greatwood Gold Cup is David Pipe (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Greatwood Gold Cup, Nigel Twiston-Davies has sent a total of 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.
Here are some of the top Greatwood Gold Cup trainer statistics over the last 19 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):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Nicholls | 37-9-14 | +44.83 | +21.60 |
| David Pipe | 12-2-5 | +8.50 | +6.23 |
| Philip Hobbs | 16-1-3 | -8.00 | -5.92 |
| Venetia Williams | 16-1-6 | -12.00 | -5.90 |
| Nicky Henderson | 7-1-3 | -0.50 | -0.07 |
| Dan Skelton | 6-1-1 | +3.50 | +0.10 |
| Fergal O'Brien | 4-1-1 | +5.00 | +1.80 |
| Henry Oliver | 3-1-2 | +10.00 | +7.38 |
| Charlie Mann | 3-1-1 | +10.00 | +5.50 |
| Robin Dickin | 1-1-1 | +8.00 | +4.80 |
Greatwood Gold Cup Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the Greatwood Gold Cup over the last 19 renewals is Nick Scholfield who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Natal (2008), New Little Bric (2009) and San Benedeto (2019). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Greatwood Gold Cup is Sam Twiston-Davies (2 wins).
Here are some of the top Greatwood Gold Cup jockey statistics over the last 19 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):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Scholfield | 6-3-3 | +25.00 | +14.43 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 6-2-2 | +6.50 | +2.48 |
| Jonathan Burke | 3-1-2 | +10.00 | +7.38 |
| Ciaran Gethings | 2-1-1 | +7.50 | +4.10 |
| Connor Brace | 2-1-1 | +7.00 | +3.80 |
| David Noonan | 1-1-1 | +6.50 | +4.06 |
| Tom Cannon | 4-0-2 | -4.00 | +0.40 |
| Adam Wedge | 3-0-2 | -3.00 | +1.00 |
| Conor O'Farrell | 3-0-1 | -3.00 | -0.25 |
| Harry Cobden | 3-0-2 | -3.00 | -1.10 |
2025 Greatwood Gold Cup Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 11, 10, 1, 8, (1, UR), 2, 2, (3, F), 1, 7, 1, 1, 7, PU, 5, 2, (2, PU), 6, (2, 6, 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 (81%) - Achieved a TS of 92+ (Last Win)
- 20 / 20 (81%) - Held an OR of 130+ (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Achieved a TS of 125+ (Career)
- 20 / 20 (85%) - Had 3 - 9 wins (Career)
- 20 / 20 (85%) - No bigger than 22/1
- 20 / 20 (85%) - Off a break of 7 - 70 days
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Ran in 3 - 10 races (1 Year)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Highest Placed is not Cl3-4
- 20 / 20 (88%) - No more than 2 falls (Career)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Ran in 2 - 24 races (Hcps)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Achieved an RPR of 130+ (Last 3)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Ran in 11 - 43 races (Career)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Not in DEU/IRL/NZL/SCO (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Not BB/BL/GR/RO in colour
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Fewer than 4 races (Course)
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Newbury racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Greatwood Gold Cup. If there is anything that you do not understand in this blog, please leave a comment or head over to the Horse Racing Terms and Abbreviations article which is available in the OLBG Betting School section.
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Greatwood Gold Cup Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor which produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +45.50 is when runners had 1 career start at the track.
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners were aged 9, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-50.
The course which has produced the most winners of the Greatwood Gold Cup is Kempton, there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Kempton last time out. The next best courses which have produced the second most winners are Cheltenham and Ascot, 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 219 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 5 runners.
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Greatwood Gold Cup despite multiple attempts:
- Midnight Legend (0 Wins from 7 runners)
- Kayf Tara (0 Wins from 6 runners)
- Kings Theatre (0 Wins from 5 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 19 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Horus in 2006, winning for M C Pipe at odds of 22/1 under the guidance of Jamie Moore. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 19 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Remember to bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters.
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Greatwood Gold Cup Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for National Hunt Racing.
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