2026 Cheltenham Gold Cup Full Schedule: Date, Start-Times, TV Channel, Runners, Odds, Results, Prize Money, Past Winners.
Connections of Galopin Des Champs suffered heartbreak in last season’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.
The staying division’s top dog was denied a historic hat-trick after Inothewayurthinkin cruised past two fences from home. It was a career-best effort from Gavin Cromwell’s new kid on the block and the 2026 Cheltenham Festival renewal will be a cracker if the pair renew rivalries.
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is National Hunt racing’s Blue Riband event. As well as needing stamina and tactical speed, horses need to be crack jumpers and navigate 22 fences over 3m2½f on the New Course at Cheltenham.
When is the 2026 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
The Cheltenham Gold Cup takes place at Cheltenham on Friday, 13th March, 2026.
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2026 start time
The Cheltenham Gold Cup starts at 16:00 pm, BST.
Where is the Gold Cup 2026 Location/Venue
The Gold Cup is one of the key races at the Cheltenham Festival, hosted at Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire.
Full Schedule Of 2026 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
2026 Cheltenham Festival Race Times:
Tuesday:
13:20 - Supreme Novices' Hurdle
14:00 - Arkle Novices' Chase
14:40 - Fred Winter Juvenile
15:20 - Ultima Handicap Chase
16:00 - Champion Hurdle
16:40 - Plate Handicap Chase
17:20 - National Hunt Chase
Wednesday:
13:20 - Turners Novices' Hurdle
14:00 - Brown Advisory Novices' Chase
14:40 - The Cup Handicap Hurdle
15:20 - Cross Country Chase
16:00 - Champion Chase
16:40 - Grand Annual
17:20 - Champion Bumper
Thursday:
13:20 - Mares Novices' Hurdle
14:00 - Jack Richards Novices' Handicap
14:40 - Mares Hurdle
15:20 - Stayers' Hurdle
16:00 - Ryanair Chase
16:40 - Pertemps Handicap Hurdle
17:20 - Kim Muir Challenge Cup
Friday:
13:20 - Triumph Hurdle
14:00 - County Hurdle
14:40 - Mares' Chase
15:20 - Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle
16:00 - Cheltenham Gold Cup
16:40 - Hunters' Chase
17:20 - Martin Pipe
How to watch the Cheltenham Gold Cup 2026
You can watch the Cheltenham Gold Cup live on paddypower.com and the Paddy Power app or on ITV1.
2026 Cheltenham Gold Cup Entries List, Full Runners
Number Horse Trainer
1 Affordale Fury Noel Meade
2 Banbridge Joseph O’Brien
3 Envoi Allen Henry De Bromhead
4 Fastorslow Martin Brassil
5 Firefox Gordon Elliott
6 Gaelic Warrior Willie Mullins
7 Galopin Des Champs Willie Mullins
8 Gold Tweet Gab Leenders
9 Grangeclare West Willie Mullins
10 Grey Dawning Dan Skelton
11 Haiti Couleurs Rebecca Curtis
12 Handstands Ben Pauling
13 Heart Wood Henry De Bromhead
14 I Am Maximus Willie Mullins
15 Impaire Et Passe Willie Mullins
16 Inothewayurthinkin Gavin Cromwell
17 Jango Baie Nicky Henderson
18 L’Homme Presse Venetia Williams
19 Lecky Watson Willie Mullins
20 Monty’s Star Henry De Bromhead
21 Myretown Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
22 Nick Rockett Willie Mullins
23 Resplendent Grey Olly Murphy
24 Spillane’s Tower Jimmy Mangan
25 Stellar Story Gordon Elliott
26 The Jukebox Man Ben Pauling
27 Three Card Brag Gordon Elliott
28 Spindleberry Willie Mullins
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2026 runners and riders, Latest Odds
We’ll update this page with the potential Cheltenham Gold Cup runners once entries are revealed.
Inothewayurthinkin - 6/1
Galopin Des Champs - 7/1
Jango Baie - 7/1
The Jukebox Man - 7/1
Grey Dawning - 10/1
Gaelic Warrior - 10/1
Haiti Couleurs - 14/1
Affordale Fury - 14/1
The 7/1 shot won a thrilling renewal at Leopardstown to give veteran trainer Noel Meade a sensational victory which has resulted in the Gold Cup betting being wide open ahead of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival.
The build up to the race was dominated by the eagerly-anticipated rematch between Galopin Des Champs and Inothewayurthinkin, with the latter taking the honours in the 2025 Gold Cup.
Inothewayurthinkin struggled throughout before finishing ninth, while a solid enough display from Galopin Des Champs was only enough to finish third.
King George VI Chase winner The Jukebox Man is amongst the favourites, while Galopin Des Champs and Inothewayurthinkin could be given another run in the new year to boost their claims.
Who won the last year Cheltenham Gold Cup: 2025 Winner.
— Galopin Des Champs was denied a third straight win in horse racing's Cheltenham Gold Cup when he was beaten by Inothewayurthinkin in the prestigious jumps race on Friday.
Only four horses, including greats Arkle and Best Mate, have won three Gold Cups in a row in the race's 101-year history.
Galopin Des Champs, the 8-13 favorite, was put in a great position to become the fifth but was overtaken at the last fence by Inothewayurthinkin, which pulled away to defeat the champion by six lengths.
Galopin Des Champs' trainer, Willie Mullins, was looking to claim a remarkable fifth straight race victory on the final day of the festival. His first was a 100-1 shot, Poniros, belonging to Brighton soccer club owner Tony Bloom.
Galopin Des Champs only pulled clear of Gentlemansgame just before the second-to-last fence and couldn’t hold off Inothewayurthinkin (15-2) ahead of the last.
Gentlemansgame wound up in third place.
Mullins was denied a fifth win in one of British horse racing's biggest races.
2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup finishing order, full Winner Results
1 Inothewayurthinkin 15-2
2 Galopin Des Champs 8-13
3 Gentlemansgame 40-1
4 Monty's Star 8-1
5 The Real Whacker 28-1
6 Royale Pagaille 80-1
7 Banbridge 13-2
F Ahoy Senor 28-1
F Corbetts Cross 14-1
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2026 Prize fund: Prize Money Breakdown
The total prize-fund for the race is £625,000, with £351,687 going to the winner.
In 2023 and 2024, when Willie Mullins won the race again with Galopin Des Champs, his team scooped £351,688 of the £625,000 prize pot.
Official Cheltenham Gold Cup 2026 Prize Fund is £625,000.
Here are the figures from 2026 Gold Cup.
The total prize-fund - £625,000,
Winner - £351,687
second - £132,500,
third £66,312,
fourth £33,125,
fifth £16,625,
sixth £8,312,
seventh £4,125 and
eighth £2,125.
Cheltenham Gold Cup Ticket prices and how to get them
Tickets can be purchased via The Jockey Club official website.
Club Enclosure tickets for Gold Cup day cost from £127, or from £149 at the gate.
Tattersalls Enclosure costs £89, or £113 at the gate.
Best Mate Enclosure is £71, or £89 at the gate.
The Guinness Grandstand costs £58.
The Racing Lounge will set you back £105, while the Racecourse View is £110.
Multi-day tickets for the Club, Tattersalls and Best Mate enclosures are already sold out.
Cheltenham Gold Cup Previous Winners
Golden Miller is the most successful horse in Gold Cup history. He is the only horse to win the race five times, with the closest competition coming from Cottage Rake, Arkle and Best Mate. All with three Gold Cups each.
The past five winners of the Gold Cup are as follows:
2025 - Inothewayurthinkin
2024 - Galopin Des Champs
2023 - Galopin Des Champs
2022 - A Plus Tard
2021 - Minella Indo
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