Cheltenham Festival Betting Promotions

With the arrival of the Cheltenham Festival, one of the biggest horse racing betting occasions of the year, comes the chance for Bookmakers to step up their competition for custom. This will pay off for the punter, as there are some great betting promotions to take advantage of, including the big race of the week itself, the Gold Cup. The Gold Cup will see the next big showdown between Kauto Star and Denman, and jockey’s Ruby Walsh and Tony McCoy respectively. However, before all that, there are plenty of competitive races on the cards at Cheltenham, and that means plenty of betting action, even if you can’t make it the Gloucestershire track. The first race to get underway on Tuesday, as ever, is the Supreme Novice Hurdle. This one is dominated by the unbeaten Irish star Dunguib, who becomes the centre of attention for Cheltenham Festival betting promotions, as well as the race itself. Being the curtain raiser for the festival, the race obviously draws a lot of attention, as punters want to get off to a winning start. The Supreme Novice Hurdle, the Champion Hurdle and the Gold Cup are the feature races of the week, with some of the most famous names in horse racing showing their colours.

Kauto Star won the Gold Cup last year, equalling the tally of success against each other at 1-1 with stable mate Denman. Kauto Star goes into the race as favourite, simply because of his outstanding form, notably winning the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day. The Gold Cup is not just about the horses themselves, there is also jockey and trainer pride at stake, with trainer Paul Nicholls teaming up with premier jockey’s Ruby Walsh, who is going on Kauto Star, and Tony McCoy going on Denman. Even the Queen is getting in on the action, as her horse, Barbers Shop goes in the Ryanair Chase on Wednesday.

Online Bookmaker Bet365 is leading the way again, with the outstanding offer of giving the best price on all horses all week. Better still, as the horse racing fever grips the nation, this promotion is not just extended to the Cheltenham Festival, it covers every race across the UK during this week. All UK race meetings during the Cheltenham Festival week are covered by this Bet365 promotion, which means that they will guarantee to match, or better any odds on any horse, at any meeting. This promotion runs the whole week, from March 15th to March 21st, and along with their generous welcome bonus of up to £200 in free bets, horse racing fans will be well advised to make the most of this. Bet365 will give the Best Price over many other online bookmakers, and the usual service of Best Odds Guaranteed (which means that if your horse price shortens from an early board price to a smaller starting price, then Bet365 will still give you the longer price). On top  of that again, is Bet365’s great 4/1 promotion. With this promotion, if you back a winner at a price of 2/1 or greater which is shown live on Channel 4 Racing, then you will earn yourself a free bet, matching the original stake of the first one. If your free bet backs another winner at 4/1 or greater, then you can get yet another free bet!

SportingBet may well be worth stopping by as well, for they are offering refunds on stakes for any faller during the Cheltenham Festival. The online bookmaker have launched their impressive Cheltenham Micro Site, which is packed full of features, a blog, race previews, video and of course promotions. Along with their Faller Refund promotion, SportingBet are offering punters a treat with their Five a Day offer. Their Cheltenham Micro Site will offer punters five special bonuses each and every day of the Cheltenham festival, and these will be things like enhanced odds, enhanced doubles and single race offers. There could be some real goodies to pick up in here, and the new promotions will appear each day after 10 am. The race cards are already up, so it’s a good time to go and scour the site to see the early market prices for the Supreme Novices Hurdle which opens the festival at

For the Supreme Novices Hurdle, Paddy Power are going all out for the race, offering their “This Banker Won’t Swindle You” promotion for the festival opener. This money back special will refund all losing outright bets, if unbeaten favourite Dunguib romps home first, as expected. This Paddy Power promotion covers both “Win” and “Each Way” bets on the race, as when taken as singles only (not part of accumulators or anything.) The offer only extends to the “Win part of an each way bet”. There is a maximum on this which is £200 per customer, so you will be covered, and even if the favourite doesn’t run, the next favourite at the starting line will simply replace him for the promotion

Skybet have a special offer going on every race of the Cheltenham Festival. This all starts with Tuesday’s Supreme Novice Hurdle as well, and they are going with an extra place race for this one, meaning that they will pay out on the first four finishers, as opposed to the usual three. Other races on day one will also have this offer, and some of them will have extra value applied to them instead with enhanced odds. There is also a Gold Cup challenge, where punters can win their share of £5,000 in free bets. All you need to do for this Skybet promotion is to predict the 1-2-3 finish for the big race of the week. The spotlight is firmly on the perennial showdown between Kauto Star and Denman, but who will be the third factor in Friday’s big race? Check out SkyBet for daily promotions on all the horse racing betting from the Cheltenham Festival.

The new and improved Totesport are rewarding their punters for picking winners. You can win yourself a free daily bet when you back a winner at odds of 5/1 or greater. This applies to any race from the Festival which is shown live on Channel 4. With the new look of Totesport, which has made navigation of their site easier and has integrated stats and from The Racing Post, the online bookmaker is backing the stats from last year’s Cheltenham Festival, which saw 19 winners from the 26 festival races come in at odds of 5/1 or greater. Simply pick one out again this year, and you’ll bank yourself a free bet to use on the next day of the festival.

Ladbrokes, who have also undergone a face lift recently are offering a Free £10 bet for all internet customers. This is also linked to the festival opener, the Supreme Novice Hurdle, for when customers, existing and new ones place a single bet to the value of £20 or more on Tuesday’s big race, then you will be entitled to a free £10 bet on Tuesday’s 4.40 race. This is great value if you are already going to be placing a wager, which will probably be going on Irish favourite Dunguib for the Supreme Novice Hurdle. What better way to open your Cheltenham Festival betting than with a winner and a free bet to boot? These are just some of the Cheltenham Festival offers going at the moment, check out your online bookmaker to see what free bets and promotions you can make the most of.