Inaugurated in 1993, the BetMGM Cup quickly ended up being a staple of "Festival Wednesday". The race is better known to lots of as the 'Coral Cup', due to the bookie's long sponsorship, which ended in 2026.

It has a track record as a "bookmakers' race" due to the fact that it is exceptionally rare for a to win. Run over 2 miles and 5 furlongs, where there is generally more than one huge gamble on the day of the race. However, huge price winners of this race are extremely typical, so why not attempt for an outsider?

Langer Dan for the Dan Skelton lawn won this race in both 2023 & 2024; & 2024; he was the first-ever runner to become a double winner of this race.

Uncover BetMGM Cup winning strategies through our deep dive into previous race patterns and trainer performance, and supercharge your bets with these leading complimentary bets for Cheltenham.

BetMGM Cup Information:

BetMGM Cup Past Winners
BetMGM Cup Trainer Statistics
BetMGM Cup Jockey Statistics
Our devoted Cheltenham pointers page will not just bring you forecasts from the OLBG racing tipsters for the approaching card that includes the BetMGM Cup, but will likewise have predictions for each conference at Cheltenham throughout the season, so be sure to head over there. We cover every race at the Cheltenham Festival, and listed below you can discover links to all of the races for each of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.

How competitive is the BetMGM Cup market? When taking a look at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2015, when the race had an over-round of 128%. The race in 2025 was a race that was most in the bookmaker's favour with an over-round of 146%, whilst typically over the last 20 renewals of the BetMGM Cup, the over-round has been 136%, which means the bookmaker expects to pay ₤ 100 for every single ₤ 136 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2027 BetMGM Cup Trends. See which patterns have actually taken place over the current renewals that you might have the ability to use for the next renewal. We also have a section that takes a look at the BetMGM Cup Trend Analysis.

These are the leading 3 quickest-run BetMGM Cup races over the last 20 renewals:

1. Whisper (4:58.70) in 2014
2. Son Of Flicka (5:00.40) in 2012
3. Diamond King (5:02.90) in 2016
Taking a look at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the previous 20 renewals, if you had actually followed the winner of the BetMGM Cup next time out, then you would have backed an overall of 3 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of -9.62.