Cheltenham Gold Cup 2025. The cheltenham gold cup is a grade 1 contest run over 3m2½f and is the feature race on the final day of the cheltenham festival. The first ever gold cup was run in july 1819.

The week of cheltenham races climaxes with the gold cup on friday, while other highlights include tuesday’s champion hurdle, wednesday’s queen mother champion chase and the stayers’ hurdle on thursday. The focus of the day will be the boodles cheltenham gold cup, as the name suggests.