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2025 Coral Gold Cup Preview
Scheduled to take place in November of each year at the Newbury racecourse is the Coral Gold Cup, a Premier Handicap run over a distance slightly short of three miles two furlongs and is open to four-year-olds and upwards. Still fondly remembered by National Hunt enthusiasts as the Hennessy Gold Cup, this top staying handicap chase was first won by Mandarin (who has a race named after him here at Newbury) in 1957 and early winners include the legendary Arkle who won back-to-back in 1964 and 1965.
The Coral Gold Cup (Hennessy Gold Cup) has been the launchpad of many a top chaser and in the last dozen years alone has been won by three Gold Cup winners (Denman (2007 & 2009), Bobs Worth (2012), Native River (2016) and Grand National winner Many Clouds (2014). As the roll of honour suggests, the Coral Gold Cup is an important pointer as regards future national hunt tips for upcoming high-quality chases throughout the current season and beyond.
Coral Gold Cup Information:
Our dedicated Newbury tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Coral Gold Cup but will also have predictions for each meeting at Newbury throughout the season so be sure to head over there. 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 Coral 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 121%. The race in 2019 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 141%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Coral Gold Cup, the over-round has been 129%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £129 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2025 Coral 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 Coral Gold Cup Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run Coral Gold Cup over the last 20 renewals:
- Cloth Cap (6:21.10) in 2020
- Native River (6:25.00) in 2016
- Triolo DAlene (6:25.94) in 2013
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 Coral Gold Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 7 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +15.10. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.
Over the last 20 renewals, it was Cloth Cap, trained by Jonjo O'Neill and ridden by Tom Scudamore who set the fastest winning time in the Coral Gold Cup, the runner won the race in a time of 6:21.10 when winning the race in 2020. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Paul Nicholls and jockey Sam Thomas with Denman who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 6:58.60 in the 2007 renewal.
Coral Gold Cup Past Winners
Here are the Coral 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 Coral Gold Cup are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 6:40.40 | Kandoo Kid (FR) 8yo 11-5 8/1 | Harry Cobden Paul Nicholls (GB) |
| 2023 6:38.12 | Datsalrightgino (GER) 7yo 10-7 16/1 | Gavin Sheehan Jamie Snowden (GB) |
| 2022 6:26.10 | Le Milos (GB) 7yo 11-0 9/2F | Harry Skelton Dan Skelton (GB) |
| 2021 6:36.31 | Cloudy Glen (IRE) 8yo 10-8 33/1 | Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams (GB) |
| 2020 6:21.10 | Cloth Cap (IRE) 8yo 10-0 9/1 | Tom Scudamore Jonjo O'Neill (GB) |
| 2019 6:27.40 | De Rasher Counter (GB) 7yo 10-10 12/1 | Ben Jones (5lbs) Emma Lavelle (GB) |
| 2018 6:37.10 | Sizing Tennessee (IRE) 10yo 11-3 12/1 | Tom Scudamore Colin Tizzard (GB) |
| 2017 6:29.60 | Total Recall (IRE) 8yo 10-8 9/2F | Paul Townend W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2016 6:25.00 | Native River (IRE) 6yo 11-1 7/2F | Richard Johnson Colin Tizzard (GB) |
| 2015 6:45.30 | Smad Place (FR) 8yo 11-4 7/1 | Wayne Hutchinson Alan King (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Coral Gold Cup have been based:
- GB: 19 winners with an additional 49 placings from 312 runners
- IRE: 1 winner with an additional 5 placings from 40 runners
- FR: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 7 runners
Coral Gold Cup Trainer Statistics
There are two leading trainers in the Coral Gold Cup over the last 20 renewals with both Paul Nicholls and Nicky Henderson who have both won the race three times. Paul Nicholls winners have been with Denman (2007 & 2009) and Kandoo Kid (2024). Nicky Henderson's winners have been with Trabolgan (2005), Bobs Worth (2012) and Triolo DAlene (2013). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Coral Gold Cup, Nigel Twiston-Davies (0-20), Philip Hobbs (0-12) and Neil Mulholland (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.
Here are some of the top Coral 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):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Nicholls | 38-3-10 | -19.25 | -9.95 |
| Nicky Henderson | 27-3-9 | +6.50 | +9.57 |
| David Pipe | 19-1-6 | +7.00 | +9.70 |
| Alan King | 18-1-2 | -10.00 | -10.87 |
| W P Mullins | 14-1-3 | -8.50 | -3.19 |
| Venetia Williams | 10-1-3 | +24.00 | +19.51 |
| Jonjo O'Neill | 8-1-3 | +2.00 | +2.19 |
| Dan Skelton | 7-1-1 | -1.50 | -3.19 |
| Evan Williams | 6-1-1 | +5.00 | +1.25 |
| Mark Bradstock | 5-1-1 | +6.00 | +2.25 |
Coral Gold Cup Jockey Statistics
Here are some of the top Coral 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):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Cobden | 7-1-4 | +2.00 | +6.07 |
| Harry Skelton | 7-1-1 | -1.50 | -3.19 |
| Daryl Jacob | 5-1-2 | +2.00 | +1.25 |
| Charlie Deutsch | 4-1-2 | +30.00 | +18.76 |
| Gavin Sheehan | 4-1-2 | +13.00 | +13.75 |
| Mattie Batchelor | 4-1-1 | +7.00 | +3.25 |
| Ben Jones | 3-1-1 | +10.00 | +5.50 |
| Paul Townend | 3-1-1 | +2.50 | +0.81 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 8-0-1 | -8.00 | -7.00 |
| Brendan Powell | 6-0-4 | -6.00 | +3.06 |
2025 Coral Gold Cup Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 3, 7, F, 11, 1, 3, 11, 1, 7, 8, 5, 1, 1, PU, UR, (11, UR), PU, 1, 10, 2
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.
- 22 / 22 (84%) - Achieved an RPR of 142+ (Last 3)
- 20 / 20 (77%) - Fewer than 2 races (Season)
- 20 / 20 (79%) - Ran in 2 - 6 races (1 Year)
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Had 1 - 4 placings (1 Year)
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Ran in 10 - 34 races (Career)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Within the first 14 of the market
- 20 / 20 (86%) - No bigger than 66/1 (Career)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Ran over 2m4f - 3m3½f (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Break of 14 - 343 days (Last Place)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - No bigger than 33/1
- 20 / 20 (88%) - In a field of 5 - 24 (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Not in a LST/Cl3 (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Achieved a TS of 93+ (Last 3)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Fewer than 10 races (Going)
- 19 / 20 (70%) - Placed within last 2 starts
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Newbury racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Coral Gold Cup. if you are unaware of what trends and statistics are, how they can be used etc then head over to the OLBG Betting School and read this Stats And Trends article which will make everything much clearer.
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Coral Gold Cup Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor that produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +1.50 is when runners had the same jockey as when last winning.
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners' last win was 3 starts ago, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-59.
The course which has produced the most winners of the Coral Gold Cup is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Aintree, there has been a total number of 5 winners of this race who ran at Aintree last time out.
The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 355 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 4 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Coral Gold Cup:
- Cloudings (2 Wins)
- Indian River (2 Wins)
- Presenting (2 Wins)
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Coral Gold Cup despite multiple attempts:
- Kings Theatre (0 Wins from 16 runners)
- Flemensfirth (0 Wins from 14 runners)
- Oscar (0 Wins from 9 runners)
- Shantou (0 Wins from 9 runners)
- Dom Alco (0 Wins from 7 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Cloudy Glen in 2021, winning for Venetia Williams at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Charlie Deutsch. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Coral Gold Cup why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Coral Gold Cup Preview are at hand, Andy and James. 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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