Cheltenham Tickets

The Cheltenham Festival is the jewel in the crown of National Hunt racing. There are four splendid days with each of them packed with a wide variety of races and each one featuring a major international race. If you are planning to attend, to follow the festival on the media, or just to bet on some of the races , then this is what to expect.

On Day One, known as Champion Day, when the tapes go up to start the first race, the William Hill Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, you can expect to hear a huge roar from the crowd. The deafening sound is known as the Cheltenham Roar and it is a customary opening to the festival and each year the crowd tries to make even more noise than it succeeded in doing the year before. The feature race is
Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy which is the most important hurdle race in the national Hunt season.

On the Wednesday you should expect to see many pretty girls displaying haute couture even if the temperatures are seasonally chilly. Of course you can expect to see that on any day of the festival, but on Ladies Day there are also fashion awards. The featured race is the Queen Mother Champion Chase.

On the Thursday you can expect to see many Irishmen and some Irishwomen having a great deal of fun in the enclosures and in the various Irish pubs and bars that are dotted around the festival site. The festival is a firm favourite amongst the Irish and St Patricks Thursday as the day is known is a great excuse for the letting down of hair. The featured race is the World Hurdle.

The final day is Cheltenham Gold Cup Day and it is really all about the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the most important race of the whole festival. More money is bet on this race than any other jump race with the exception of the Grand National. For more information on the festival and betting, check out the festival guide at betfair.com.

Watching majestic horserace such as the Cheltenham Gold Cup is not complete without placing horseracing bets. Cheltenham betting is an interesting part of Cheltenham race weekend for sure, especially because there are several profitable betting opportunities available throughout the race days. If you are a true horseracing punter, now is the best time to start placing bets.

Avid bettors would probably have placed their bets already – perhaps including you. The odds are better with more time to the race for those of you who are rooting for the favorites. Denman and Kauto Star are the two horses you should be checking out for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, while Go Native and Solwhit are the two horses favored to win the Champion Hurdle.

Don’t focus on the favorite horses just yet, since the odds are getting better as we get closer to race day. Several top horses competing in the Champion Hurdle is receiving handsome odds that would make placing bets on them highly profitable. Khyber Kim is currently placed at 11 to 1, while other top horses such as Medermit and Punjabi are getting similar odds.

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is even more interesting, with Imperial Commander’s and Cooldine’s odds set at 13.5 and 14 respectively. These two horses are potential winners as well, so placing bets on them is highly profitable. With Kauto Star’s odds at 1.78 and Denman’s set at 5 to 1, betting on other potential horses can prove to be highly profitable and can be great money making opportunities.