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It is on to Thursday’s top horse racing betting action at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival, and online bookmaker Paddy Power have fired off another superb promotion. All of Thursday’s races at the Cheltenham Festival will be covered by the bookies’ Money Back Special.

Back a selection in any of the day’s seven races as a win single and if your horse finishes second to the SP favourite, then Paddy Power will refund your losing single stake on that race. New customers registering an account with the popular betting sitecan get up to a free £50 bet as a welcome bonus.

With red hot favourite Sprinter Sacre destroying the field in the Queen Mother Champion Chase, and favourite Hurricane Fly taking the Champion Hurdle on day one, there is going to be clear value in this great promotion at Paddy Power.

The feature race of Thursday is the Championship race of the World Hurdle, in which Oscar Whisky has just been holding on to his ante post supremacy ahead of Reve de Sivola. There could also be challenges in the race to come from Bog Warrior and Get Me Out Of Here in the 3:20pm.

Kicking things off on Thursday will be the Jewson Novices Chase where Dynaste at a price of 7/4 with online bookmaker Paddy Power has been taking strong backing in the ante post market. Aupcharlie and Captain Conan are expected to be in the places there. Also adding up to another big day of racing from the 2013 Cheltenham Festival will be the Ryanair Chase at 2:40pm with the day’s action being rounded off with the Glenfarclas Handicap Chase.

The opening day of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival didn’t fail to live up to expectations, particularly in the feature race of the day, the Champion Hurdle, which was won by Hurricane Fly. Ridden by Ruby Walsh, Hurricane Fly became the first horse in 38 years to regain the Champion Hurdle title at Cheltenham. Hurricane Fly came home two and a half lengths ahead of last year’s winner Rock On Ruby in the Championship race, and really sets the tone and excitement for the other three days of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival.

Online bookmaker Boylesports have a superb promotion running for all races at Cheltenham this year.

Make a selection on a race and if your horse is second, beaten by up to half a length, then the popular bookie will refund your lost stake on the race. So if you suffer a narrow defeat on your selection in any of the remaining races at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival, then you will at least be compensated.

It was coverage that Boylesports punters took advantage of on the opening day of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. My Tent Or Yours was beaten into second in the opening Supreme Novices Hurdle by Champagne Fever, who took the win by 1/2 length. That meant that Boylesports paid out refunds, and on the final race of the day, Ackertac was beaten by just a neck by Rajdhani Express in the Rewards4Racing Novices’ Handicap Chase). So Boylesports ending up paying back around a six figure number on refunds because of their great Cheltenham Money Back Special as lightning struck twice.

This Boylesports Cheltenham Festival Money Back Special applies to ALL races at the 2013 Cheltenham festival and the maximum refund is up to £100 per customers, per face. The bookie also offer Non-Runner Money Back on all races at Cheltenham and offering extra places throughout the Festival as well. New customers registering an account with them can get up to a free £20 bet as a welcome bonus, as they will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet.

Alongside the usual Scoop6 horse racing betting, there is extra value this week with a new format launched by the Tote. Punters can enjoy some Scoop6 horse racing betting at the Cheltenham Festival this week. This is through the Super Scoop6 which will be featured at major festivals this year, beginning with the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. Similar to the regular Scoop6, the Super Scoop6 will have the main difference in what will be the shootout fund (the equivalent of the Bonus Fund).

Festival meetings at Cheltenham, Aintree, Ascot, Goodwood and York will all feature the Super Scoop6 alongside the regular Saturday Scoop6 horse racing betting. Instead of the weekly bonus fund for the week’s previous winners to have a crack at, anyone who wins one of the Super Scoop6 rounds, will get entry into the Super Scoop6 Shootout which will happen at the end of the flat season, on November 9th at Doncaster.

The Super Scoop6 Saturday Shootout will consist of three races and all of the previous Super Scoop 6 winners will get to pick their winners for those three Doncaster races. For each ticket winning the first race of the Shootout an equal share of a 5% dividend of the total fund will be paid out. For a winner of both the first and second races, an equal share of a 20% dividend will be paid out and for anyone who lands all three winners will take an equal share of 75% of the Shootout Fund.

If there is no winner of the Super Scoop6 Shootout fund, then it will simply roll over until next season. This is a great way to get some extra action on the exciting Scoop6 which can pay out huge rewards for just a small stake. There is extra action this week on the Super Scoop6 at the Cheltenham Festival.

If you fancy a crack at the huge prizes on offer from the Scoop6 horse racing betting, then all you need is a £2 wager. The featured six races will be announced on a Friday and you can test your horse racing prediction powers to try and grab a share of the Win Fund or the Place Fund. A huge return from a small stake is on offer, and it is all down to experience and knowledge of picking those winners. Check out online bookmaker Totesport for great coverage on the Scoop6 horse racing betting action every Saturday.

Get some great cash back coverage for the first day of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival at online betting exchange Betfair. The action from Prestbury Park is here and there is a great offer to take advantage of at Betfair. Day one includes the opener of the Supreme Novices Hurdle, the Arkle and the highlight of the day, the Champion Hurdle at 3:20pm.

Head to Betfair and place a sportsbook (which is their fixed odds area) bet on any of the seven races from Day 1 of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. Then, if your selection finishes second, then the online betting exchange will refund your losing stake up to a maximum of £100.

This great Day 1 Cheltenham Festival offer applies to a single win and a win part of an each way single. Only your first bet on each race of the first day will be eligible for the Betfair money cashback.

Will My Tent Or Yours be able to hold the ante post supremacy and win the opening race of the festival? Will the all powerful Simonsig live up to expectation in the Arkle Challenge Trophy? Will it be a dominating display from the in form Hurricane Fly in the feature Championship race of the day, the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday? With four other races running alongside that, the Betfair coverage is a great way to get your festival betting started.

New customers registering an account with online betting exchange Betfair will be eligible to enjoy a superb risk free £25 bet as a welcome bonus.

If you are looking at the exchange for your Cheltenham betting, then on Tuesday, all seven races of the first day are commission free for customers as well on the exchange! More? Well there is even more value for your Day 1 betting, because when you place a Yankee on Day One at Cheltenham, then you can get a free yankee for Day Two as well!

One of the bankers of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival ante post betting markets has been Sprinter Sacre in the Queen Mother Champion Chase. Such an overwhelming favorite is the Nicky Henderson trained charge that second favourite in the race, Sizing Europe is as far back as a 6/1 shot and nothing more. Sprinter Sacre has devastating power as shown in his last outing, a 14 length demolition job on the rest of the field. He is a different class and is expected to use this Cheltenham Festival as a routine win for something bigger next season where he may take on the Champion Hurdle.

No one in the field has gotten close to Sprinter Sacre in the 2013 Queen Mother Champion Chase betting odds so far and he continues to be heavily backed. Online bookmaker Sportingbet are offering some massive coverage on one of the festival’s red hot favourites with up to £100 refunded on him if he fails to deliver the win, when backing him in the No Lose market.

Sportingbet are offering a £100 No Lose Bet on Sprinter Sacre in the 3.20pm on Wednesday. All bets placed from 6pm on Tuesday evening will qualify for this offer at the online bookmaker. Back Sprinter Sacre and if he loses the Queen Mother Champion Chase, then Sportingbet will refund your lost stake on him up to a maximum value of £100. Tremendous coverage for such a strong shot.

You will need to place qualifying bets on other Cheltenham races in order to earn your No Lose Bet on Sprinter Sacre. For example if you have a £50 bet on the Neptune, you qualify for a £50 No Lose Bet on Sprinter Sacre with your own betting funds. If you place a £50 bet on the Neptune and £50 on the RSA you qualify for a £100 No Lose Bet on Sprinter Sacre. So the value of your qualifying bets (maximum £100) can be used on the “No Lose Sprinter Sacre market.”

Online bookmaker Sportingbet are also offering extra places as well for the Cheltenham Festival. Take advantage of the following extra places on offer at:

Wednesday: 16.00 Coral Cup (5 instead of 4). 17.15 Champion Bumper (4 instead of 3).

Thursday: 14.05 Pertemps Final (5 instead of 4).

Friday : 14.05 County Hurdle (5 instead of 4). 16.00 Foxhunters (4 instead of 3).

New customers registering an account with the highly popular Sportingbet can also get a risk free £50 bet as a welcome bonus too. When you open an account and place a qualifying bet, Sportingbet will refund that initial stake on the new account if the bet loses!

Sprinter Sacre has long been dominating the Queen Mother Champion Chase market at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. The Nicky Henderson trained seven year old has been a massive ante post favourite for this year’s favourite, having been hovering around the 2/7 mark for quite some time now. That is the class and power that Sprinter Sacre has in his repertoire. Online bookmaker Coral have a great promotion running for him.

He was last seen in January, at Cheltenham, in which he cruised to a 14 length victory over Mad Moose. He is totally prime form, and with the withdraw from Flemenstar from the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the odds of Sprinter Sacre has been kept short. There really doesn’t look to be much of a challenge coming forth to disrupt the power of Sprinter Sacre at the Queen Mother Champion Chase for the 2013 Cheltenham Festival.

General 2013 Queen Mother Champion Chase betting odds at online bookmaker Coral
Sprinter Sacre 2/9, Sizing Europe 5/1, Cue Card 7/1, Finians Rainbow 10/1, Mail De Bievre 14/1, Wishfull Thinking 16/1, Sanctuaire 16/1, Somserby 25/1

Sizing Europe should be the main challenger in the field, and he takes an unbeaten record so far this season into the race. He has produced some straight forward wins and has been jumping well. Is giving up a few years to Sizing Europe, but he looks to have plenty left in the tank to make a challenge here. But even going as second favourite, Sizing Europe is out at long odds of 6/1 to take the win. He is probably worth backing in the Without Sprinter Sacre Market for the Queen Mother Champion Chase.

So if you are looking for immense value on Sprinter Sacre betting, then online bookmaker Coral will be the place to head to. Get some incredible Champion Chase Enhanced Odds with Sprinter Sacre to win the 2013 Champion Chase at odds of Evens. Yes, that is odds of Evens at online bookmaker Coral for Sprinter Sacre on Wednesday. This enhanced offer is for win singles only up to a £20 maximum bet and applies to bets placed online, mobile and over the telephone.

Tremendous value on Sprinter Sacre betting at Coral. In conjunction with the offer, there is a great Bet £10 Get £10 as well. Bet £10 on the first race of any day during the Festival and online bookmaker Coral will give you a free £10 bet on your account. New customers registering an account get a free £50 bet as a welcome bonus as well.

The 2013 Cheltenham Festival is right upon us and online bookmaker William Hill have a superb free bet offer running for March 12th through 15th. Register a new account at Britain’s biggest bookmaker using the special promo code C50 and you can get up to a free £50 Cheltenham Festival bet.

After signing up with the promotion code by clicking through here, when you place your 2013 Cheltenham Festival bet, you can claim up to a free £50 bet. That is a £50 free bet for £50, offering a great deal of free betting cash for the action packed four days at Prestbury Park in Gloucestershire.

This offer does apply to new customers only who sign up with the special promotion code and then place a bet on the Cheltenham Festival. With Sprinter Sacre dominating the Queen Mother market, Hurricane Fly taking a lot of precedence in the Champion Hurdle and Bobs Worth looking a likely Gold Cup winner this season, the Cheltenham ante post markets have been very active.

The Cheltenham Festival is one of the most famous and highly anticipated race meetings in the world. You can keep up with all the heart-thumping action as well through William Hill’s live radio and TV streaming, which allow you to keep track of all your chosen bets. Along with the regular winner markets, the popular bookie also offers a superb range of alternative bets, such as a “Place only” bet, where you win by selecting a top three finish and “Betting without favourites”, which discounts the final place of the favourite. Meanwhile an “Insurance bet” allows you to take shorter odds on a placed finish.

Four days of top action, with seven races running on each of those day. On Tuesday, the Champion Hurdle is the main race, with the Queen Mother Champion Chase the following day. The World Hurdle takes place on Thursday, before the festival culminates with the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday. The William Hill Supreme Novices’ Hurdle takes place on Tuesday.

Head to William Hill and redeem this superb promotion, a free £50 Cheltenham bet.

Online bookmaker Blue Square are running a superb Money Back Special for some of the feature races of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival, which will enhance your horse racing betting.

If your selection finishes second by less than 3 lengths in either the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, World Hurdle or Gold Cup, then Blue Square will give you your money back as a free bet, up to the maximum value of £20.

This represents some superb value of your 2013 Cheltenham Festival horse racing betting. So if your selection in one of the Championship races runs a close second at Prestbury Park, then you will at least get some insurance. So that is naturally well worth taking, especially for the big four races of the meeting.

Get Money Back in the following Championship races if your horse finishes 2nd by less than 3 lengths
Tuesday 12th March – Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy
Wednesday 13th March – Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase
Thursday 14th March – World Hurdle
Friday 15th March – Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase

In the Champion Hurdle, Hurricane Fly is the outright favourite in the ante post betting market, going at odds of 15/8 with Blue Square. Will Zarkandar be able to mount a challenge, trading not too far behind at a price of 10/3 with the bookie. Will last year’s winner Rock On Ruby be able to get himself back in the picture?

The Queen Mother Champion Chase is all about the sheer power and class of Sprinter Sacre, who everyone is banking on for a winner. He is a massive red hot favourite in the ante post market for the 2013 Queen Mother Chase, trading at a price of 1/4. The challengers in the field, even second favourite Sizing Europe are a long way back of Sprinter Sacre.

The 2013 World Hurdle should be the most hotly contested race of the Championship runs at the Cheltenham Festival. Reve De Sivola, Oscar Whisky and Quevega all look to be in with a reasonable shot at taking the title. It is going to be one of the more competitive fields at the Festival.

So to the Cheltenham Gold Cup where Bobs Worth has been showing his credentials this season as the most likely title winner. However, there has been good backing for Sir Des Champs and Silviniaco Conti as well for the Festival showcase, with Long Run maybe getting in the picture as well if the pace is hot enough.

Take some great Money Back Special insurance on the 2013 Cheltenham Festival betting with online bookmaker Blue Square. The popular bookie has a great welcome bonus as well for new customers, with up to a £25 free bet.

2013 Arkle betting at the Cheltenham Festival has had a favourite at the head of the ante post field for a while, with Simonsig taking precedence. Trained by Nicky Henderson, the seven year old grey will defend a 100% record over fences, with previous impressive wins at Ascot and Kempton. Back at the rear end of December, Simonsig demolished Hinterland by a massive 35 lengths at Kempton (which was a week after hammering Sulpius by 49 lengths at Ascot) and that was the last time that he was out. At the 2012 Cheltenham Festival, Simonsig took a win in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle and has taken some heavy backing ahead of Tuesday’s Arkle.

Simonsig it the hot favourite and online bookmaker Ladbrokes have a great promotion running for 2013 Arkle betting. Join in on the action with a bet on Simonsig to win the 2013 Arkle, and if he gets beaten then Ladbrokes will refund your losing bet up to the maximum of £25. The online bookmaker is also offering Non Runner No Bet coverage for the race as well, so if your selection fails to line up at the start, then you’ll get your stake refunded.

Simonsig if 4/7 favourite at Ladbrokes to win the 2013 Arkle and the main challenger to disrupt his winning plans is likely to be Overturn. If any is going to exploit any weaknesses shown by Simonsig on the day, then it will likely be Overturn, who turned in runner-up performance at last year’s Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham. This season, Overturn has won all three of his starts and being priced in the ante post market at 5/2 just behind favourite Simonsig. It is gearing up to be just a two horse race in this season’s Arkle.

Along with Simonsig, Nicky Henderson also has Captain Conan in the race as well, but is targeting a victory in the Jewson Novices’ Chase on Thursday. Willie Mullins, the champion Irish trainer has three selections in the race, Arvika Ligeonniere, Aupcharlie and Marito, while a strong Irish contingent will be made up from Baily Green and Benefficient. But everyone has been well outside the realm of Simonsig and Overturn in the Arkle ante post betting market at Ladbrokes.

The popular online bookmaker Ladbrokes offer up to £50 worth or free bets for new customers who register an account.

Both new and existing customers can get a free bet for the 2013 Cheltenham Festival at online bookmaker Betfred. As a new customer, if your first bet on your new account after registration is £10 or greater on a Cheltenham Festival ante post market, then once the bet has been settled, the bookie will credit a free £20 bet to your new account. To qualify for the free bet, that first wager on the account must be placed as a win single or each way bet and placed before March 10th on a Cheltenham Festival ante post market.

For existing customers who place a qualifying £10 bet on Cheltenham 2013 Ante Post market, they can receive a free £10 bet from Betfred to use at the Festival. So everyone can be a winner at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival with online bookmaker Betfred.

The Gold Cup of course is the big feature race of the week, where Bobs Worth is heading the ante post market as favourite ahead of Sir Des Champs. The Queen Mother Champion Chase looks set to be dominated by the awesome power of Sprinter Sacre, while other options for some of the big races could be Zarkandar, Hurricane Fly and Rock on Ruby in the Champion Hurdle. In the World Hurdle, there could be a big duel between Oscar Whisky and Reve De Sivola.

Of course that is just scratching the surface of things for the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. Head to online betting site Betfred and take advantage of the superb free bet offer.