2026 Punchestown Gold Cup Trends

April 27, 2026
Andy Newton

Staged at the five-day Punchestown Festival in April/May - the Punchestown Gold Cup is a Grade One contest run over 3m1f.

The race version we see today was first run back in 1999 and since then has been won by some leading names, including Cheltenham Gold Cup winners Imperial Call, Kicking King, War Of Attrition & Don Cossack - while the 2012 Grand National winner, Neptune Collonges, took this twice before he landed the Aintree marathon.

Last year's winner was the Martin Brassil-trained Fastorslow, who lowered the colours of that year's Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs - for a second time in the race.

Did you know – 15 of the last 22 Punchestown Gold Cup winners were aged 7 or 8 years-old, while 17 of the last 22 winners were Irish-trained?

Here at GeeGeez, we take a look back at recent Punchestown Gold Cup winners, plus highlight the key stats ahead of the 2026 renewal – this year run on Wednesday ^29thApril 2026.

Recent Punchestown Gold Cup Winners

2025 - GALOPIN DES CHAMPS (5/6 fav)
2024 - FASTORSLOW (7/2)
2023 – FASTORSLOW (20/1)
2022 – ALLAHO (6/5 fav)
2021 – CLAN DES OBEAUX (10/3)
2020 – No race (Covid)
2019 – KEMBOY (13/8 fav)
2018 – BELLSHILL (4/1)
2017 – SIZING JOHN (9/10)
2016 – CARLINGFORD LOUGH (12/1)
2015 – DON COSSACK (5/2)
2014 – BOSTON BOB (5/2 fav)
2013 – SIR DES CHAMPS (2/1 fav)
2012 – CHINA ROCK (20/1)
2011 – FOLLOW THE PLAN (20/1)
2010 – PLANET OF SOUND (14/1)
2009 – NOTRE PERE (15/8 fav)
2008 – NEPTUNE COLLONGES (9/10 fav)
2007 – NEPTUNE COLLONGES (8/1)
2006 – WAR OF ATTRITION (4/5 fav)
2005 – KICKING KING (8/11 fav)
2004 – BEEF OF SALMON (5/4 fav)
2003 – FIRST GOLD (7/4 fav)

Punchestown Gold Cup Betting Trends

19/22 – Finished in the top 4 last time out
17/22 – Irish-trained winners
16/22 – Aged 8 or younger
15/22 – Aged 7 or 8 years-old
12/22– Had run in that season’s Cheltenham Gold Cup
11/22 – Returned 2/1 or shorter in the betting
11/22 – Winning favourites
10/22 – Ran in the Cheltenham Gold Cup last time out
9/22 – Won last time out
6/22 - Trained by Willie Mullins (6 of the last 12)
3/22 – Trained by Paul Nicholls
The average winning SP in the last 22 years is 11/2
10 of the last 20 favourites have won
Only 5 of the last 20 winners aged 9+
Paul Townend has only 2 winners in the race (Galopin Des Champs 2025 & Allaho 2022)
11 of the last 17 Irish-trained favourites have won
Since 1999 only 3 Irish-trained winners hadn’t won at the course before
12 of the last 26 winners had run in that season’s John Durkan Memorial Chase