The 2022 Gold Cup is coming up soon and fans are eagerly awaiting one of the biggest races of the year at the Cheltenham Festival.

Following Al Boum Photo's back-to-backs wins, Minella Indo romped to victory in the showpiece event last year.

The 2022 Gold Cup is coming up soon at the Cheltenham Festival

Henry de Bromhead and jockey Jack Kennedy enjoyed glory in Gloucestershire and will be looking to repeat their success this year.

Rachael Blackmore's A Plus Tard, who finished second in 2021, is also among the frontrunners for victory with the festival approaching fast.

The Gold Cup is the centre-piece of the thrilling week of racing at Cheltenham which gets up and running on Tuesday, March 15 this year.

Gold Cup: Date and start time

The 2022 Cheltenham Festival will culminate with The Gold Cup on Friday, March 18.

The showpiece race will begin at 3:30pm on Friday afternoon. 

The action on Day Four will begin at 1:30pm with The Gold Cup being the fourth of seven races on the day.

Gold Cup: How to follow

talkSPORT will once again be at the heart of Cheltenham, bringing you full coverage of the elite racing including the Gold Cup itself. 

More information on our race commentary will follow shortly.

The action will also be shown on free-to-air television and will be live on ITV.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2, click  HERE for the live stream.

  • App iPhone – Download from the Apple store
  • Android – Download from Google Play
  • Radio – talkSPORT is available across the United Kingdom via DAB digital radio and on 1089 or 1053 AM
  • TV – Listen to talkSPORT through your TV on the following channels: Sky: Channel 0108 Virgin Media: Channel 927 Freeview: Channel 723 Freesat: Channel 731

Gold Cup: Runners and riders

The full list of Gold Cup runners has not been confirmed yet but here are the ante-post odds for this year's race.

  • A Plus Tard 10/3
  • Galvin 5/1
  • Minella Indo 8/1
  • Al Boum Photo 10/1
  • Protektorat 14/1
  • Tornado Flyer 14/1
  • Allaho 20/1
  • Asterion Forlonge 20/1
  • Champ 20/1

Gold Cup: Previous winners

2021 - Minella Indo (Trainer: De Bromhead - Jockey: Kennedy)

2020 - Al Boum Photo (Trainer: Mullins - Jockey: Townend)

2019 - Al Boum Photo (Trainer: Mullins - Jockey: Townend)

2018 - Native River (Trainer: Tizzard - Jockey: Johnson)

2017 - Sizing John (Trainer: Harrington - Jockey: Power)

2016 - Don Cossack (Trainer: Elliott - Jockey: Cooper)

Minella Indo claimed Gold Cup glory at Cheltenham Festival last year