Ten Years of Beaten Favourites: The Greatwood Gold Cup's Curse Continues at Newbury

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Vincenzo is 5/2 favourite for Saturday’s Greatwood Gold Cup at Newbury. He was runner-up in the race last year, he’s won two of his last four starts, and Sam Thomas’s stable is flying. The obvious pick.

Which is precisely the problem.

A Decade of Market Misery

SmartForm data reveals that no market leader has won the Greatwood Gold Cup since Sound Investment in 2015 — a run of ten consecutive beaten favourites that includes some short-priced casualties:

Greatwood Gold Cup on The Race Lab

Ten Years of Beaten Favourites: The Greatwood Gold Cup's Curse Continues at Newbury

A Decade of Market Misery