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The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the blue riband of jump racing, the championship of the staying chasers, run at level weights over three and a quarter miles on the Friday of the Cheltenham Festival. This is the full roll of honour from 1970 to 2026 - every winning horse with its age, starting price, jockey and trainer - and the age, market and training trends that emerge across the whole history.
Every row is source-verified against two independent records; unsourced cells are left blank rather than guessed. The 2001 running is shown as not run - the entire Festival was abandoned in the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
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Every winner since 1970, newest first. SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.
Cheltenham Gold Cup: Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Age | SP | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | |||||
| 2026 | Gaelic Warrior | 8 | 11/4jf | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2025 | Inothewayurthinkin | 7 | 15/2 | Mark Walsh | Gavin Cromwell |
| 2024 | Galopin Des Champs | 8 | 10/11f | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2023 | Galopin Des Champs | 7 | 6/4 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2022 | A Plus Tard | 8 | 3/1f | Rachael Blackmore | Henry De Bromhead |
| 2021 | Minella Indo | 8 | 9/1 | Jack Kennedy | Henry De Bromhead |
| 2020 | Al Boum Photo | 8 | 100/30f | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2010s | |||||
| 2019 | Al Boum Photo | 7 | 12/1 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2018 | Native River | 8 | 5/1 | Richard Johnson | Colin Tizzard |
| 2017 | Sizing John | 7 | 7/1 | Robbie Power | Jessica Harrington |
| 2016 | Don Cossack | 9 | 9/4f | Bryan Cooper | Gordon Elliott |
| 2015 | Coneygree | 8 | 7/1 | Nico de Boinville | Mark Bradstock |
| 2014 | Lord Windermere | 8 | 20/1 | Davy Russell | Jim Culloty |
| 2013 | Bobs Worth | 8 | 11/4f | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2012 | Synchronised | 9 | 8/1 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2011 | Long Run | 6 | 7/2f | Mr Sam Waley-Cohen | Nicky Henderson |
| 2010 | Imperial Commander | 9 | 7/1 | Paddy Brennan | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2000s | |||||
| 2009 | Kauto Star | 9 | 7/4f | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2008 | Denman | 8 | 9/4 | Sam Thomas | Paul Nicholls |
| 2007 | Kauto Star | 7 | 5/4f | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2006 | War of Attrition | 7 | 15/2 | Conor O'Dwyer | Mouse Morris |
| 2005 | Kicking King | 7 | 4/1f | Barry Geraghty | Tom Taaffe |
| 2004 | Best Mate | 9 | 8/11f | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
| 2003 | Best Mate | 8 | 13/8f | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
| 2002 | Best Mate | 7 | 7/1 | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
| 2001 | Not run — Entire Cheltenham Festival abandoned due to the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth disease outbreak; a substitute Gold Trophy Chase was run at Sandown in April | ||||
| 2000 | Looks Like Trouble | 8 | 9/2 | Richard Johnson | Noel Chance |
| 1990s | |||||
| 1999 | See More Business | 9 | 16/1 | Mick Fitzgerald | Paul Nicholls |
| 1998 | Cool Dawn | 10 | 25/1 | Andrew Thornton | Robert Alner |
| 1997 | Mr Mulligan | 9 | 20/1 | Tony McCoy | Noel Chance |
| 1996 | Imperial Call | 7 | 9/2 | Conor O'Dwyer | Fergie Sutherland |
| 1995 | Master Oats | 9 | 100/30f | Norman Williamson | Kim Bailey |
| 1994 | The Fellow | 9 | 7/1 | Adam Kondrat | François Doumen |
| 1993 | Jodami | 8 | 8/1 | Mark Dwyer | Peter Beaumont |
| 1992 | Cool Ground | 10 | 25/1 | Adrian Maguire | Toby Balding |
| 1991 | Garrison Savannah | 8 | 16/1 | Mark Pitman | Jenny Pitman |
| 1990 | Norton's Coin | 9 | 100/1 | Graham McCourt | Sirrel Griffiths |
| 1980s | |||||
| 1989 | Desert Orchid | 10 | 5/2f | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1988 | Charter Party | 10 | 10/1 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1987 | The Thinker | 9 | 13/2 | Ridley Lamb | Arthur Stephenson |
| 1986 | Dawn Run | 8 | 15/8f | Jonjo O'Neill | Paddy Mullins |
| 1985 | Forgive 'n Forget | 8 | 7/1 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1984 | Burrough Hill Lad | 8 | 7/2 | Phil Tuck | Jenny Pitman |
| 1983 | Bregawn | 9 | 100/30f | Graham Bradley | Michael Dickinson |
| 1982 | Silver Buck | 10 | 8/1 | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson |
| 1981 | Little Owl | 7 | 6/1 | Mr Jim Wilson | Peter Easterby |
| 1980 | Master Smudge | 8 | 14/1 | Richard Hoare | Arthur Barrow |
| 1970s | |||||
| 1979 | Alverton | 9 | — | Jonjo O'Neill | Peter Easterby |
| 1978 | Midnight Court | 7 | 5/2 | John Francome | Fred Winter |
| 1977 | Davy Lad | 7 | 14/1 | Dessie Hughes | Mick O'Toole |
| 1976 | Royal Frolic | 7 | 14/1 | John Burke | Fred Rimell |
| 1975 | Ten Up | 8 | 2/1 | Tommy Carberry | Jim Dreaper |
| 1974 | Captain Christy | 7 | 7/1 | Bobby Beasley | Pat Taaffe |
| 1973 | The Dikler | 10 | 9/1 | Ron Barry | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1972 | Glencaraig Lady | 8 | 6/1 | Frank Berry | Francis Flood |
| 1971 | L'Escargot | 8 | — | Tommy Carberry | Dan Moore |
| 1970 | L'Escargot | 7 | 33/1 | Tommy Carberry | Dan Moore |
The trends
Winning age
- 8yo
- 38%
- 7yo
- 27%
- 9yo
- 23%
- 10yo
- 11%
Age known for 56 of 56 winners (1970–2026)
Market
- Started favourite
- 30%
- Won at 10/1 or bigger
- 24%
- Won at 5/1 or shorter
- 44%
Starting price known for 54 of 56 winners (1970–2026)
Trainers & jockeys
- Most successful trainer
- Willie Mullins (5)
- Most successful jockey
- Paul Townend (5)
56 runnings (1970–2026)
What the trends tell you
Read these as history, not a system. Because the Gold Cup is run at level weights, class tells, and the roll of honour is a list of champions: Best Mate's three in a row (2002-2004) is the modern highlight, and Willie Mullins and Paul Townend lead the recent trainer and jockey records. Eight is the most common winning age. Favourites win more often here than in a handicap, but the race still throws up its shocks. None of this is advice, it is simply what the race has done.
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