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What Is The 2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup Prize Money? Full Breakdown From 1st to 8th Place
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Many horse racing fans will be wondering what is the 2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup prize money – ahead of the big feature race on Friday, as all eyes will be on Galopin Des Champs as he looks to win the race for a third time.
What Is The 2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup Prize Money and How Much Could Galopin Des Champs Win?
The 2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup prize purse stands at £625,000 – with over half of that going to the winner.
This year’s first past the post will collect £363,999.38 – with many feeling this will be the winner of the race for the last two seasons Galopin Des Champs.
If Galopin Des Champs Wins, He’ll Take His Career Earnings To Over £2m
If Galopin Des Champs can land a third Gold Cup he’ll increase his career earnings from £1,644,694 to £2,008,696.30 – breaking the £2m prize money barrier.
The Gold Cup runner-up will get £137,138.56, the third £68,633.97 and the fourth £34,284.64.
Even the horse that comes 8th will get £2,199.39 – but with nine expected runners, this means one horse will walk away with nothing.
🥇 £363,999.38
🥈 £137,138.56
🥉 £68,633.97
4th £34,284.64
5th £17,207.01
6th £8,603.50
7th £4,269.41
8th £2,199.39
Galopin Des Champs is the red-hot favourite with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK and will be trying to give something back to the punters on what has been a Festival that’s seen many fancied runners turned over.
Plus, if he can win, he’ll provide Willie Mullins a fifth success in the Gold Cup and he’ll then become the t-winning trainer on five with Tom Dreaper of Arkle fame.
You can see the full 2025 Gold Cup prize money breakdown above and also the winnings for ALL 28 Cheltenham Festival races here.
Galopin Des Champs Hoping To Become Only The Fifth Three-Time Winner Of The Gold Cup
Golden Miller remains the winning-most Cheltenham Gold Cup horse – with five wins between 1932 and 1936.
While since then Cottage Rake has won three between 1948 and 1950, while the mighty Arkle also did the three-timer between 1964 and 1966.
The most recent Gold Cup three-timer winner being Best Mate, who won his three between 2002 and 2004.
Gold Cup Three Time Winners
- Golden Miller (5) (1932-1936)
- Cottage Rake (3) (1948-1950)
- Arkle (3) (1964-1966)
- Best Mate (3) (2002-2004)
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2025 Race Details
📅Date: Friday 14th March 2025
⌚Time: 4:00pm
🏇Racecourse: Cheltenham
🔄Trip: 3m 1/2f
💷Winning Purse: £351,4688
📺 TV: ITV / Racing TV
See can see all the Cheltenham day four running order and ITV races here
Only Nine Cheltenham Gold Cup Runners In 2025
Galopin Des Champs will only face eight other Gold Cup runners – with nine heading to post for the Friday Cheltenham Festival feature.
Banbridge, who landed the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day at Kempton, is one of the main dangers – but some are questioning if he’ll last out the extra trip. We’ll find out.
While the JP McManus-owned Inothewayurthinkin is another those against Galopin Des Champs might lean to after being recently supplemented for the race.
He landed the Kim Muir Chase at the Festival 12 months ago but was also 7 1/4 lengths adrift of Galopin Des Champs in the Irish Gold Cup last time out (watch below).
2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup Runners
- Ahoy Senor (Lucinda Russell)
- Banbridge (Joseph O’Brien)
- Corbetts Cross (Emmet Mullins)
- Galopin Des Champs (Willie Mullins)
- Gentlemansgame (Mouse Morris)
- Inothewayurthinkin (Gavin Cromwell)
- Monty’s Star (Henry De Bromhead)
- Royale Pagaille (Venetia Williams)
- The Real Whacker (Patrick Neville)
Recent Cheltenham Gold Cup Winners
- 2024 – Galopin Des Champs (10/11 fav)
- 2023 – Galopin Des Champs (7/5 fav)
- 2022 – A Plus Tard (3/1 fav)
- 2021 – Minella Indo (9/1)
- 2020 – Al Boum Photo (100/30 fav)
- 2019 – Al Boum Photo (12/1)
- 2018 – Native River (5/1)
- 2017 – Sizing John (7/1)
- 2016 – Don Cossack (9/4 fav)
- 2015 – Coneygree (7/1)