Ginny’s Destiny is one of 17 horses still left entered for the 2024 Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase, which is run at Cheltenham on Saturday 16th November. Second in the Turners Novices’ Chase behind Grey Dawning at last season’s Cheltenham Festival, the Paul Nicholls-trained raider is looking to kick off his campaign with a victory and is looking to try and turn himself into a potential Cheltenham Gold Cup horse.
Last seen finishing second in the Grade 1 Manifesto Novices’ Chase at Aintree, Ginny’s Destiny is well fancied in the latest betting for the 2m 4f 44y contest and is the one to beat, but there’s set to be some very smart performers taking him on in what is one of the highlights of the season at Prestbury Park.
Fifth in the 2023 Martin Pipe, Imagine has since blossomed for the switch to fences and having won his first two over the larger obstacles the six-year-old was then fourth in a cracking Grade 2 contest at Punchestown in January. Not seen since that run, he’s had a long time off the track and has since switched ownership and will have his first start for Harry Derham. Eye-catching in this field, it’s interesting to see him well fancied and he will certainly come into calculations.
Jamie Snowden’s Ga Law ran a stormer when winning a big handicap chase contest at Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham last January and the classy performer is another prominent figure in the latest betting, while Il Ridoto will add more depth to the Nicholls charge and that contender has often been seen competing in these events and was a fourth in 2022 and third in 2023.
A winner of the Silver Trophy Handicap Chase at Cheltenham back in April, Harry Fry’s In Excelsios Deo failed to land any blow when pulled up in the Galway Plate, but the JP McManus-owned raider could relish the return back to Cheltenham and is another available at single-figured odds, at the time of writing.
Last year’s winner of the Ryanair Chase, Protektorat, is a fascinating entry in this contest, but Dan Skelton’s charge could face an uphill battle to defy top weight in this contest and is available at fairly big odds, while the likes of Lets Go Champ and Fugitif are another brace of classy performers that should be considered in what is a superb betting heat.
2024 Paddy Power Gold Cup Odds
| Horse | Best Odds |
| Ginny’s Destiny | 3/1 |
| Imagine | 6/1 |
| Il Ridoto | 7/1 |
| Ga Law | 10/1 |
| In Excelsios Deo | 10/1 |
| Lets Go Champ | 14/1 |
| Fugitif | 14/1 |
| Protektorat | 14/1 |
| 20/1 BAR |
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