2011 Cheltenham gold cup latest odds & betting preview

Horse Racing Betting

The final day of the Cheltenham Festival 2011 is arguably the most exciting, especially as it features the Gold Cup, a race which has the highest prize money and features the best three-mile chasers in the world.

Cheltenham Gold Cup Latest Odds 2011

There are likely to be five horses which go off at single figure odds thanks to a gamble on Kempes which started several months ago and now sees the Willie Mullins horse trading at a best price 11/1 with Paddy Power but as short as 9/1 with Ladbrokes.

There was nothing fluky about the horse’s win in the Hennessy Gold Cup, landing a surprise result at 25/1 and he might yet take advantage of what could be a weak renewal.

Even so, many people backed Imperial Commander last year on the basis of Nigel Twiston-Davies’ confident quotes and the trainer believes that his horse will once again take all the beating, with Ladbrokes offering a best price 4/1 that the champion wins the race for the second time.

Paddy Power have an excellent offer available on the race where they will refund your bets if your horse finishes second to Imperial Commander and that could appeal to backers of Long Run (5/1), with the young horse having comfortably got the better of Kauto Star in the King George Chase.

Nicky Henderson has not had a great Festival and it’s mainly down to the withdrawal of the highly-fancied Binocular in the Champion Hurdle, although the six-year-old looked the part when winning at Kempton and could go close in this race.

Paul Nicholls has two very lively chances in the guise of Kauto Star and Denman, the duo who were supposed to battle it out for last year’s Gold Cup before the Commander took centre stage.

Kauto Star apparently scoped badly after his defeat in the King George and the 11-year-old is 15/2 with William Hill to claim a third crown thus emulating the recent achievement of Best Mate, while Denman is a 13/2 chance with bet365 and could present a sterner challenge.

Denman broke on to the scene in 2008 and hammered his stable mate into the ground, although a series of injuries and breathing problems means that the horse has struggled to regain its best form.

Pandorama is a 12/1 chance to win the race with Ladbrokes and the horse has the class to win a Cheltenham Gold Cup although it appears that the ground is going to count against him. Meanwhile, Midnight Chase has been backed in the past 48 hours and Coral now offer a best price 16/1.