We have arrived at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival with the first action of the meeting coming up on Tuesday, March 12th. The markets are open for all 28 races from the Festival, including the big one, the blue riband Cheltenham Gold Cup.
The current ante-post odds-on favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup is the reigning champion Galopin Des Champs for trainer Willie Mullins. Can the superstar be knocked off his perch after a superb score last month in the Irish Gold Cup?
The two big challengers in the 2024 Cheltenham Gold Cup betting market to the favourite are Fastorslow and the popular 10-year-old Shishkin who has attracted plenty of attention. Other notable names in the field are Gerri Colombe and L’Homme Presse.
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the big attraction from a total of fourteen Grade 1 races throughout the four-day meeting. Don’t miss any of the action, and here is what to look forward to at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival.
1:30 Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1)
2:10 Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices' Chase (Grade 1)
2:50 Ultima Handicap Chase
3:30 Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Grade 1)
4:10 Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle (Registered As The David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle) (Grade 1)
4:50 Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Registered As The Fred Winter)
5:30 National Hunt Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Novices' Chase (Grade 2)
1:30 Gallagher Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1)
2:10 Brown Advisory Novices' Chase (Grade 1)
2:50 Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle
3:30 Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1)
4:10 Glenfarclas Chase
4:50 Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase
5:30 Champion Bumper (Grade 1)
1:30 Turners Novices' Chase (Grade 1)
2:10 Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle
2:50 Ryanair Chase (Registered As The Festival Trophy) (Grade 1)
3:30 Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle (Grade 1)
4:10 Trustatrader Plate Handicap Chase
4:50 Ryanair Mares' Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2)
5:30 Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase
1:30 JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1)
2:10 BetMGM County Handicap Hurdle
2:50 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1)
3:30 Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1)
4:10 St. James's Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters' Chase
4:50 Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase (Grade 2)
5:30 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle
In Tuesday's Champion Hurdle, the impressive and much-fancied State Man from Willie Mullins goes at the head of the market against his stablemate Lossiemouth. In Wednesday's championship race the Queen Mother Champion Chase, it’s another of the strong Willie Mullins continent, El Fabiolo who is streaks ahead of the field in the ante-post betting.
El Fabiolo is on a long winning streak and expected to do the business, but faces challenges from Jonbon and Edwardstone. In Thursday's Stayers’ Hurdle, there is more Irish favouritism with Gordon Elliot’s duo of Teahupoo and Irish Point both being strongly backed at the head of the market.
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UK Horse racing betting online continues to canter towards the front of the field, with people who bet on other sports such as football betting also showing increasing interest.
On Grand National day each spring, the whole of the UK seems to come to a standstill as veteran and first-time punters alike put money on their favourite horses and jockeys.
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Some of the most famous dates in the calendar include Cheltenham Festival, the Grand National and Royal Ascot.
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