A shock result in the Irish equivalent shook up the 2022 Cheltenham Gold Cup odds and betting. The blue riband event of steeplechasing and centrepiece race of the Cheltenham Festival takes place this year on Friday, 16 March (3:30). Just over half of the potential Cheltenham Gold Cup runners are trained in Ireland. Five defections reduced the size of the field from 30 to 25.
Conflated emerged from the shadows for trainer Gordon Elliott, who has five in the ante post 2022 Cheltenham Gold Cup odds, with an 18/1 upset in the Irish Gold Cup during the Dublin Racing Festival.