Cheltenham Festival Betting Preview: Galopin Des Champs is the favourite for the Gold Cup with the 2024 Cheltenham Festival wrapping up with another HUGE day!

Galopin Des Champs is the favourite to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup with OLBG previewing the biggest race of the Festival.
Cheltenham Festival Betting Preview: Galopin Des Champs is the favourite for the Gold Cup with the 2024 Cheltenham Festival wrapping up with another HUGE day!
James Banting
James Banting Tipster Competition Assistant

James has worked for the jockey club and has 20 years sports betting experience he utilises his skills in our tipster competitions and writes sports betting content.

  • Galopin Des Champs is the evens favourite to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup
  • We have trends once again for every single race of Day 4 of Cheltenham
  • OLBG's Cheltenham Festival Tipster Competition comes to a close on Day 4
  • See the best offers for new and existing customers for Gold Cup day

Galopin Des Champs is the evens favourite to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup

The final day of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival is here and the Gold Cup is of course the feature race of the day and the biggest of the week too.

The Cheltenham Gold Cup sees a total purse of more than £600,000 with some of the best horses battling it out for one of the biggest races on the calendar.

Galopin Des Champs was clear favourite in the antepost betting market and that has stayed that way coming into Gold Cup day as he sits as the evens favourite.

Last year saw Galopin Des Champs power up the Cheltenham hill to win the big race as the favourite and Willie Mullins will be hoping for the same again here.

Paddy Power have full odds up for the race with Fastorslow and Gerri Colombe now second and third in the betting market to win the race.

Cheltenham Gold Cup 2024 WinnerOddsProbability
Galopin Des Champs
1/150.0%
Fastorslow
7/222.2%
Gerri Colombe
7/112.5%
Bravemansgame
11/18.3%
L'Homme Presse
11/18.3%
What the expert says...
Galopin Des Champs is the evens favourite to make it back-to-back Gold Cup wins with all eyes on the biggest race at the Cheltenham Festival. Willie Mullins horse is given a 50% chance of winning the race once again this year!

Jake Ashton - Sports Betting Expert - OLBG.com

OLBG's Cheltenham Festival Tipster Competition comes to a close on Day 4

The OLBG Cheltenham Festival tipster competition wraps up on Day Four with the OLBG tipsters battling against each other for a total prize fund of £1500.

This year's top prize is £500 for the winner with £200 for second and £100 for the third, fourth and fifth placed tipsters plus there will be £5 paid for the next 100 places.

See the best offers for new and existing customers for Gold Cup day

BetMGM

You can kick things off, if you don’t have an account already, with a huge BetMGM welcome offer that runs just until the end of the Cheltenham Festival, and is exclusive to new customers only. You will have seven days to place a qualifying bet, and will receive six free bets made up of:

  • Four £10 horse racing bets
  • Two £10 Acca free bets.

In addition to the welcome offer, during the week, BetMGM are giving their users:

  • Second Chance/Money Back: Money back as a free bet on the first race of every day.
  • Golden Silks: Double your odds on any horse each day (Up to £20)
  • 10 Places in the BetMGM County Hurdle (14:10 on Friday 15th March)
  • Double Your Odds on any horse in the Gold Cup (Up to £20)

Betfair

As well as their usual selection of Extra Places, Lengthened Odds and Non Runner Money back, Betfair are giving punters a completely free bet on multiples every day of the festival. Opt-in is required, and this is for new and existing customers to take advantage of. There is limit and one bet per day, and the offer runs just for the week of Cheltenham. You'll also get £40 when you bet £10 on the Cheltenham Festival.

Boyle Sports

Bet £10, Get £20 + £10 Casino Bonus + NRNB on all Cheltenham Races

Horse Racing Author Information

James Banting

Horse Racing Expert

James is our Horse Racing expert with over 20 years experience in the sports betting and horse racing industry. For any information on Horse Racing, James is your go-to man with full in-depth knowledge of the sport.

- James Banting, Tipster Competition Assistant

Jake Ashton

News Content Editor

Jake is our News Content Manager. He reviews all content, fact-checks the data, edits the copy and enhances all of the OLBG News content from our expert team ahead of publication.

- Jake Ashton, Senior News Editor

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