BetMGM Cup Preview, Tips, Runners
Inaugurated in 1993, the BetMGM Cup rapidly ended up being a staple of "Festival Wednesday". The race is much better understood to lots of as the 'Coral Cup', due to the bookmaker's long sponsorship, which ended in 2026.
It has a track record as a "bookmakers' race" since it is extremely unusual for a to win. Run over two miles and 5 furlongs, where there is normally more than one huge gamble on the day of the race. However, big price winners of this race are very common, so why not attempt for an outsider?
Langer Dan for the Dan Skelton backyard won this race in both 2023 & 2024; & 2024; he was the first-ever runner to end up being a dual winner of this race.
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Our dedicated Cheltenham tips page will not just bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the approaching card that includes the BetMGM Cup, however will also have predictions for each conference at Cheltenham throughout the season, so make certain to head over there. We cover every race at the Cheltenham Festival, and listed below you can find 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 actually been 136%, which indicates the bookmaker anticipates to pay ₤ 100 for every single ₤ 136 which is bet.
Below you will discover the 2027 BetMGM Cup Trends. See which patterns have actually taken place over the recent renewals that you may be able to utilize for the next renewal. We also have an area that looks at the BetMGM Cup Trend Analysis.
These are the top three 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 kind, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the past 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.