The Paddy Power Gold Cup is a Premier Handicap National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older.
It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 44 yards, or 4,064 metres), and during its running there are sixteen fences to be jumped.
It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in mid November.
The bookmaker Paddy Power began supporting the race in 2003 and their sponsorship continued until the 2015 running.
[1] Paddy Power returned for a second period of sponsorship in 2020.