See the latest Ascot Gold Cup betting odds ahead of the huge Thursday feature at Royal Ascot. Last season’s St Leger winner leads the market.
Ascot Gold Cup Betting Odds: St Leger Hero Clear Fav
- Scandinavia 11/8 (Aidan O’Brien)
- Rahiebb 4/1 (Roger Varian)
- Trawlerman 6/1 (John & Thady Gosden)
- Caballo De Mar 8/1 (George Scott)
- Sweet William 10/1 (John & Thady Gosden)
- Al Riffa 20/1 (Joseph O’Brien)
- Carmers 25/1 (Paddy Twomey)
- Jan Brueghel 25/1 (Aidan O’Brien)
- Lambourn 25/1 (Aidan O’Brien)
- Dubai Future 33/1 (Saeed bin Surror)
- Lazy Griff 33/1 (Charlie Johnston)
- Le Destrier 33/1 (Willie Mullins)
- Al Nayyir 40/1 (Tom Clover)
- Colombus 50/1 (Willie Mullins)
- Further 66/1 (Andrew Balding)
- Illinois 66/1 (Aidan O’Brien)
- Miss Alpilles 66/1 (Ed Walker)
- Dallas Star 150/1 (Robson De Aguiar)
Note: Ascot Gold Cup betting odds are subject to change and others are on request
Ascot Gold Cup Race Information 2026
📅 Date: Thursday 18th June 2026
⌚ Time: 4:15pm
🏇 Racecourse: Ascot
🔄 Trip: 2m 4f
💷 Winner: £396,970
📺 TV: Sky Sports Racing / ITV Racing
Scandinavia Looks Rock Solid In Ascot Gold Cup
Last season’s St Leger winner Scandinavia looks a rock solid option in the Ascot Gold Cup.
With doubts that last year’s winner Trawlerman could miss the race, the classy four-year-old is the most likely winner.
NINE of Aidan O’Brien’s Royal Ascot winners have came in the Gold Cup, a contest he has had supreme luck in.
He won it with Yeats four times on the bounce from 2006-09 and also landed it with Kyprios twice in 2022 and 2024.
It’s a race O’Brien loves and his St Leger winner from last year looks tailor made for this.
Scandinavia has proved his pure class and versatility on different grounds and different trips, and 2m4f certainly looks worth exploring.
He’s won over 1m2f, 1m5f, 2m and three times over 1m6f. The son of Justify is an out and out stayer and has already won twice this season.
He returned from a 224-day break to win a Listed contest at Navan and followed up last month with a win in a Leopardstown Group 3.
This should be up his street and he could well be one of the Royal Ascot bankers.
WATCH: Scandinavia Wins St Leger At Doncaster
All Aidan O’Brien Gold Cup Winners
- 2006 – Yeats
- 2007 – Yeats
- 2008 – Yeats
- 2009 – Yeats
- 2011 – Fame and Glory
- 2014 – Leading Light
- 2016 – Order of St George
- 2022 – Kyprios
- 2024 – Kyprios
Rahiebb Should Relish Gold Cup Test
After his second behind the favourite in last year’s St Leger (see above), I always thought that RAHIEEB shaped like a Gold Cup horse.
He may have only won twice from eight career starts but it was a fine effort in defeat at Doncaster last season behind Scandinavia and he was massively impressive in the Yorkshire Cup on his seasonal return.
1m6f suited perfectly last month at York and he won that with ease, so the Gold Cup trip could bring out even more improvement.
Trainer Roger Varian thrives with these types and he’s got a bright future ahead of him.
Looks like he could be an interesting alternative if wanting to take on the favourite.
There’s also Caballo De Mar in the race, who Oisin Murphy is looking forward to riding for George Scott.
Last 10 Gold Cup Winners
- 2025 – Trawlerman
- 2024 – Kyprios
- 2023 – Courage Mon Ami
- 2022 – Kyprios
- 2021 – Subjectivist
- 2020 – Stradivarius
- 2019 – Stradivarius
- 2018 – Stradivarius
- 2017 – Big Orange
- 2016 – Order of St George
