bet365 Gold Cup Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Jump Finale)

2024 bet365 Gold Cup Preview

First staged in 1957 under the sponsorship of Whitbread (until 2001), Sandown's bet365 Gold Cup is a Grade 3 handicap chase for five-year-olds and upwards tackling twenty-four fences over three miles four and a half furlongs.

Traditionally staged on the final day of the national hunt season in late April, the bet365 Gold Cup has an impressive list of past winners including Arkle, Mill House, Special Cargo, Desert Orchid, Topsham Bay and Mr Frisk (1990), the last-named won here after winning the Grand National in record time (which still stands) and was the last Grand National winner to win this valuable end of season chase.

It's probably fair to say the list of winners since the mid-1990s has generally not carried the same stature as some of those mentioned above, perhaps indicative of the higher profile and financial the Cheltenham Festival and Grand National meeting have now on the jumps calendar and the top staying chasers coming here almost as an afterthought from having their campaigns geared towards either or both festivals.

bet365 Gold Cup Information:

• bet365 Gold Cup Past Winners
• bet365 Gold Cup Trainer Statistics
• bet365 Gold Cup Jockey Statistics

If you are interested in other predictions at Sandown then head over to the Sandown tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Sandown Racecourse section for links to these.

How competitive is the bet365 Gold Cup market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2007 when the race had an over-round of 118%. The race in 2018 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 134%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the bet365 Gold Cup, the over-round has been 126%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £126 which is bet.

bet365 Gold Cup Trends:

• 2024 bet365 Gold Cup Trends
• bet365 Gold Cup Trend Analysis
• bet365 Gold Cup Trend Shortlist

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 bet365 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 -14.50. Whilst we wait for the 2024 bet365 Gold Cup remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2012 renewal when Tidal Bay from Paul Nicholls under the guidance of Daryl Jacob, won in a time of 7:50.30, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Hot Weld, trained by Ferdy Murphy and ridden by Graham Lee set the quickest time of 7:11.10 in the 2007 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run bet365 Gold Cup over the last 20 renewals:

1. Hot Weld (7:11.10) in 2007
2. Talkischeap (7:15.90) in 2019
3. Poker De Sivola (7:16.30) in 2011

bet365 Gold Cup Past Winners

Here are the bet365 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 bet365 Gold Cup as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Race Notes: Enrilo won the 2021 renewal but was demoted to 3rd with Potterman being awarded the race.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the bet365 Gold Cup have been based:

• GB: 15 winners with an additional 48 placings from 310 runners
• IRE: 3 winners with an additional 6 placings from 29 runners
• FR: 2 winners with an additional 1 placing from 4 runners

bet365 Gold Cup Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the bet365 Gold Cup over the last 20 renewals is Paul Nicholls who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Ad Hoc (2003), Tidal Bay (2012) and Just A Par (2015). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the bet365 Gold Cup, Nigel Twiston-Davies has sent a total of 16 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are the bet365 Gold Cup trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals for trainers who have entries in the 2024 renewal, those not listed have not had a runner. (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):

bet365 Gold Cup Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the bet365 Gold Cup over the last 20 renewals is Sean Bowen who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Just A Par (2015) and Henllan Harri (2017). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the bet365 Gold Cup, Sam Twiston-Davies has ridden a total of 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are the bet365 Gold Cup jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals for jockeys who have entries in the 2024 renewal, those not listed have not had a runner. (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):

bet365 Gold Cup Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +33.50 is when runners had 0 career starts at the track. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had recorded 2 career non-finishes, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-76.

The courses that have produced the most winners of the bet365 Gold Cup are Cheltenham and Aintree, there has been a total number of 4 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 340 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 3 runners.

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the bet365 Gold Cup despite multiple attempts:

• Midnight Legend (0 Wins from 9 runners)
• Milan (0 Wins from 9 runners)
• Kayf Tara (0 Wins from 8 runners)
• Old Vic (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Bob Back (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Henllan Harri in 2017, winning for Peter Bowen at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Sean Bowen. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 1 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2024 bet365 Gold Cup remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

bet365 Gold Cup Trend Shortlist

Sandown will host the 2024 renewal of the bet365 Gold Cup which will be run at 3:35 pm on Saturday 27th April 2024 and these are the runners who perform best based on the trends along with the trainer and jockey and their record in the race (Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP):

• 15/15 Fortescue (25/1)
  • Henry Daly (5-1-2 +10.00 / +6.63)
  • Hugh Nugent (0-0-0 0.00 / 0.00)
• 15/15 Kittys Light (10/3)
  • Christian Williams (6-1-3 -2.25 / -0.65)
  • Jack Tudor (3-1-3 +0.75 / +2.35)

Others: Enrilo (14/15), Rapper (14/15), Certainly Red (14/15), Threeunderthrufive (13/15), Nick Rockett (12/15), Le Milos (12/15), Minella Cocooner (12/15), Annual Invictus (12/15), Kinondo Kwetu (12/15), Weveallbeencaught (11/15), Your Own Story (11/15), Does He Know (11/15), Slipway (11/15), Amirite (11/15), Sam Brown (10/15), Courtland (10/15), Aime Desjy (9/15), Flash Collonges (8/15), Bangers And Cash (8/15) and Flash De Touzaine (6/15).

*Trainer & Jockey numbers are Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP, Runners, Odds and Trends Passed/Failed correct at the time of posting (12:18 pm Thursday 25th April 2024), if no odds were available at the time of posting then forecasted odds are used.

Threeunderthrufive won the Swinley Handicap Chase last time out and a total of 1 previous winners of that race from a total of 12 runners went on to win next time out, backing them all would have returned an LSP of -10.38.

Does He Know won the Grimthorpe Handicap Chase last time out and a total of 4 previous winners of that race from a total of 19 runners went on to win next time out, backing them all would have returned an LSP of +21.00.

bet365 Gold Cup Scoring Trends

If you want a more in-depth way of using the bet365 Gold Cup trends from previous renewals then the scoring trends may be the ones for you, these are calculated by looking at over 100 factors including aspects of breeding, horse factors, things like runs, wins and places during their career, under certain circumstances like over the trip or on the ground and many more.

Using all of this information we can assign each horse a score based on how past runners in the bet365 Gold Cup performed when running under the same factors, we assign 80% of the score for the win statistics and 20% of the score for place statistics. Here are the top two scoring runners in the 2024 bet365 Gold Cup based on the information above, why not compare those to what the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping?

Here are the top 3 scorers at the time of posting (12:18 pm Thursday 25th April 2024):

• 🥇 Threeunderthrufive (6/1)
  • Paul Nicholls (44-3-14 -11.00 / +2.32)
  • Harry Cobden (6-0-1 -6.00 / -3.00)
• 🥈 Nick Rockett (13/2)
  • W P Mullins (4-0-1 -4.00 / -2.75)
  • Paul Townend (1-0-0 -1.00 / -1.00)
• 🥉 Minella Cocooner (8/1)
  • W P Mullins (4-0-1 -4.00 / -2.75)
  • Danny Mullins (0-0-0 0.00 / 0.00)

Others: Does He Know, Amirite, Sam Brown, Slipway, Courtland, Annual Invictus, Kinondo Kwetu, Weveallbeencaught, Fortescue, Your Own Story, Enrilo, Aime Desjy, Bangers And Cash, Le Milos, Kittys Light, Flash Collonges, Flash De Touzaine, Rapper and Certainly Red.

Other Principal races at Sandown racecourse

Here are some other notable races at the Sandown racecourse throughout the racing season that you may be interested in.

Races in January

• Veterans Chase Series Final

Races in February

• Scilly Isles Novices Chase

Races in March

• Betfair Novices Handicap Chase
• Imperial Cup

Races in April (Jump Finale)

• Celebration Chase
• Oaksey Chase
• Select Hurdle

Races in April (Classic Trial Day)

• Classic Trial
• Esher Cup
• Gordon Richards Stakes
• Sandown Mile

Races in July

• Eclipse Stakes
• Sprint Stakes

Races in December

• Henry VIII Novices Chase
• London National
• Tingle Creek