Gold Cup Betting Guide

Bobs Worth
Odds: 3/1 Bet365
Season high Racing Post Rating: 174
All-time high RPR: 174
Verdict: Only seen once but he won the Hennessy Gold Cup, the best 3m+ chase there has been all season. Won last year’s RSA Chase and is 4/4 round Cheltenham.

Sir Des Champs
Odds: 4/1 Bet365
Season high RPR: 169
All-time high RPR: 169
Verdict: Has got better with each run. His jumping let him down in the Lexus but he was much tidier in winning the Irish Hennessy. Also unbeated around Cheltenham in two starts.

Silviniaco Conti
Odds: 5/1 Bet365
Season high RPR: 175
All-time high RPR: 175
Verdict: Clocked the highest RPR in the field with his win at Newbury. Jumps well, stays and still progressing, the only blot is he hasn’t done it round Cheltenham yet.

Long Run
Odds: 9/2 Bet365
Season high RPR: 174
All-time high RPR: 181
Verdict: Winner of the race in 2011 but has struggled to hit those heights again. Is 7lbs below his best on ratings and although that still makes him competitive he is vulnerable to a more lightly raced rival.

The Giant Bolster
Odds: 14/1 Bet365
Season high RPR: 166
All-time high RPR: 170
Verdict: Shows his best around Cheltenham especially on better ground. Second last year but this is a stronger renewal.

Captain Chris
Odds: 16/1 Stan James
Season high RPR: 170
All-time high RPR: 170
Verdict: Performed with distinction in the King George but needs to step up again but that is unlikely on a track and over a trip that stretches his stamina.

Cape Tribulation
Odds: 14/1 Stan James
Season high RPR: 166
All-time high RPR: 166
Verdict: Is an out and out stayer and that stamina saw him home in the Argento Chase in January. Could pick up the stragglers coming up the hill and has each-way claims.

Monberg Dude
Odds: 50/1 Bet365
Season high RPR: 143
All-time high RPR: 143
Verdict: Has bags of stamina but lacks the class to win a Gold Cup.

Wayward Prince
Odds: 125/1 Stan James
Season high RPR: 155
All-time high RPR: 155
Verdict: Had struggled in recent seasons but revitalised by a change of yards. Needs to find at least 20lbs on ratings.