Aidan O’Brien’s Kyprios is a red-hot favourite for the 2024 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, which is the day three feature on Thursday 20th June. The Ballydoyle raider was a fine winner of the 2022 renewal of the staying showpiece and now six is bidding for a second win in the race. We take a look at the latest Ascot Gold Cup Odds for what should be an enthralling contest here…
The dominant stayer during 2022, which saw him not only win the Gold Cup, but also the Prix du Cadran, Kyprios was off the track for a year with injury, but has returned in fine fettle. Wins at Navan and Leopardstown this season has seen his price plummet in the Gold Cup betting and he’s around the 4/5 mark in the latest betting.
Gold Cup Runners – Kyprios heads field of nine for Thursday feature
Just nine hopefuls remain among the six-day entries for the 2024 Gold Cup at Ascot on Thursday, 20th June. They include the 2022 hero Kyprios, who seeks to wrestle back the title for Aidan O’Brien, though defending champion Courage Mon Ami is absent, as expected from John Gosden’s comments earlier in the season. However, the Gosden…
Thu 20 Jun 2024A winner of the Queen’s Vase Stakes at Royal Ascot 12 months ago, John & Thady Gosden’s Gregory is now primed for the big staying race of the week and he will be eager to build on a third placed finish in the Yorkshire Cup. A proven stayer, he could be one of the biggest dangers to Kyprios and is a 6/1 chance to land a second Royal Ascot win.
Imperious when romping to victory in the Copper Horse Stakes last season, Vauban will step out of the handicap sphere for this contest and the Willie Mullins-trained dual-purpose star is 6/1. Unable to land a blow in the Melbourne Cup, the Closutton inmate was second in that Yorkshire Cup behind Giavellotto and will be looking to go one better here.
Second to Courage Mon Ami in this race last season, Andrew Balding’s Coltrane is attempting to go one better here and at 12/1 he is one that could appeal to each-way backers, as could Sweet William (16/1) and Caius Chorister (14/1), who fought out the finish in the Henry II Stakes at Sandown Park last time out and they could feature here.
A six-and-a-half length winner of the Ormonde Stakes at Chester in May, Point Lonsdale could be the second shot fired by the O’Brien gun and that class act is 16/1, while Trawlerman, who won on British Champions Day, adds more depth at 8/1, in what is an intriguing betting heat.
2024 Ascot Gold Cup Odds
| Horse | Trainer | Best Odds |
| Kyprios | Aidan O’Brien | 4/5 |
| Gregory | John & Thady Gosden | 6/1 |
| Vauban | Willie Mullins | 6/1 |
| Trawlerman | John & Thady Gosden | 8/1 |
| Coltrane | Andrew Balding | 12/1 |
| Caius Chorister | David Menuisier | 14/1 |
| Sweet William | John & Thady Gosden | 14/1 |
| 16/1 BAR |
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