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2025 Sodexo Gold Cup Preview
Created in 2006, the Sodexo Gold Cup was originally a Class 2 before being upgraded in 2009 to a Listed race and then again in 2011 to a Grade 3 and now runs as a Premier Handicap Chase that is run at Ascot Racecourse in either last October or early November, it is open to runners aged four or older and run over a trip of just shy of three miles.
Sodexo Gold Cup Information:
We also have a dedicated Ascot 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 Ascot Racecourse section for links to these.
How competitive is the Sodexo Gold Cup market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 19 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2023 when the race had an over-round of 111%. The race in 2017 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 133%, whilst on average over the last 19 renewals of the Sodexo Gold Cup, the over-round has been 122%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £122 which is bet.
Sodexo Gold Cup Trends:
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 Sodexo Gold Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -6.50. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.
When looking over the past 19 renewals, a time of 5:49.60 was set by Exmoor Ranger in 2011, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Victor Dartnall and ridden by Andrew Glassonbury. The slowest winning time was set in 2021 when Larry won in a time of 6:12.20, booked to ride was Jamie Moore by the trainer Gary Moore.
These are the top three quickest-run Sodexo Gold Cup over the last 19 renewals:
- Exmoor Ranger (5:49.60) in 2011
- Antony (5:50.50) in 2016
- What A Warrior (5:51.25) in 2014
Sodexo Gold Cup Past Winners
Here are the Sodexo 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 Sodexo Gold Cup are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 5:58.38 | Chianti Classico (IRE) 7yo 12-0 11/4F | Tom Bellamy Kim Bailey (GB) |
| 2023 6:08.68 | Victtorino (FR) 5yo 10-12 20/1 | Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams (GB) |
| 2022 5:57.22 | Our Power (IRE) 7yo 11-2 11/2 | Charlie Deutsch Sam Thomas (GB) |
| 2021 6:12.20 | Larry (GB) 8yo 10-0 9/1 | Jamie Moore Gary Moore (GB) |
| 2020 6:02.10 | Regal Encore (IRE) 12yo 10-10 14/1 | Richie McLernon Anthony Honeyball (GB) |
| 2019 5:59.40 | Vinndication (IRE) 6yo 11-0 2/1F | David Bass Kim Bailey (GB) |
| 2018 5:54.90 | Traffic Fluide (FR) 8yo 11-12 4/1 | Joshua Moore Gary Moore (GB) |
| 2017 6:03.90 | Go Conquer (IRE) 8yo 11-0 7/1 | Aidan Coleman Jonjo O'Neill (GB) |
| 2016 5:50.50 | Antony (FR) 6yo 10-1 11/1 | Jamie Moore Gary Moore (GB) |
| 2015 5:51.70 | Pendra (IRE) 7yo 10-7 11/2F | Barry Geraghty Charlie Longsdon (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Sodexo Gold Cup have been based:
- GB: 18 winners with an additional 42 placings from 241 runners
- IRE: 1 winner with an additional 1 placing from 10 runners
- FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
Sodexo Gold Cup Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Sodexo Gold Cup over the last 19 renewals is Gary Moore who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Antony (2016), Traffic Fluide (2018) and Larry (2021). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Sodexo Gold Cup are Venetia Williams (2 wins) and Kim Bailey (2 wins). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 19 renewals in the Sodexo Gold Cup, Paul Nicholls (0-27), Nigel Twiston-Davies (0-16) and Philip Hobbs (0-13) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.
Here are some of the top Sodexo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Moore | 9-3-3 | +18.00 | +8.91 |
| Venetia Williams | 6-2-2 | +28.00 | +15.50 |
| Kim Bailey | 6-2-3 | +0.75 | +0.40 |
| David Pipe | 11-1-3 | -2.00 | -2.51 |
| Jonjo O'Neill | 11-1-3 | -3.00 | -2.49 |
| Dan Skelton | 11-1-1 | -3.00 | -5.62 |
| Nicky Henderson | 8-1-4 | +2.00 | +3.39 |
| Anthony Honeyball | 6-1-3 | +9.00 | +9.00 |
| Charlie Longsdon | 6-1-1 | +0.50 | -1.56 |
| Victor Dartnall | 3-1-1 | +10.00 | +5.50 |
Sodexo Gold Cup Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the Sodexo Gold Cup over the last 19 renewals is Charlie Deutsch who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Our Power (2022) and Victtorino (2023).
Here are some of the top Sodexo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Deutsch | 4-2-2 | +23.50 | +13.44 |
| Richie McLernon | 8-1-5 | +7.00 | +10.13 |
| Harry Skelton | 6-1-2 | +2.00 | +0.57 |
| David Bass | 5-1-2 | -2.00 | -1.25 |
| Tom Bellamy | 4-1-1 | -0.25 | -1.35 |
| Nick Scholfield | 8-0-2 | -8.00 | -5.72 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 7-0-4 | -7.00 | +0.28 |
| Lorcan Williams | 5-0-2 | -5.00 | -1.10 |
| Tom Cannon | 5-0-0 | -5.00 | -5.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 4-0-2 | -4.00 | -0.25 |
2025 Sodexo Gold Cup Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): (5, UR), PU, 2, 6, 5, F, PU, F, 9, 1, 3, 5, 3, 1, 2, PU, 3, 5, 1
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.
- 19 / 19 (81%) - Ran over 7½f - 2m2f (Debut)
- 19 / 19 (83%) - Had 6 - 17 placings (Career)
- 19 / 19 (84%) - No bigger than 20/1 (LTO)
- 19 / 19 (86%) - Carried 140 - 164lbs (LTO)
- 19 / 19 (87%) - Fewer than 3 wins (1 Year)
- 19 / 19 (89%) - Beaten no more -20l (Debut)
- 19 / 19 (89%) - Had 1 - 5 wins (Chase)
- 18 / 19 (85%) - No bigger than 66/1 (Career)
- 17 / 19 (62%) - No bigger than 14/1
- 17 / 19 (77%) - Carried no more than 157lbs
- 17 / 19 (82%) - Placed within last 4 starts
- 17 / 19 (82%) - No bigger than 33/1 (Debut)
- 17 / 19 (83%) - Achieved an RPR of 138+ (Last 5)
- 17 / 19 (88%) - No more than +3yrs (Vs Min Age)
- 16 / 19 (55%) - Within the first 7 of the market
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Ascot racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Sodexo 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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Sodexo Gold Cup Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +41.00 is when runners ran in a race restricted to 4yo+ last time out.
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 5 starts in the past year, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-51.
The course which has produced the most winners of the Sodexo Gold Cup is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham last time out.
The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 19 winners from a total of 252 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 1 runner.
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Sodexo Gold Cup despite multiple attempts:
- Kayf Tara (0 Wins from 9 runners)
- Presenting (0 Wins from 9 runners)
- Malinas (0 Wins from 5 runners)
- Milan (0 Wins from 5 runners)
- Scorpion (0 Wins from 5 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 19 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was The Last Derby in 2009, winning for Eoin Griffin at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Liam Treadwell. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 19 renewals there have been 3 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 Sodexo 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.
Darren Brett
Tipster Competition Manager
Andy Powell
Content Editor
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