Not many races have captured the nations imagination such as the Cheltenham Gold Cup, which takes place tomorrow, Friday the 19th of March. Such is the interest between the two main protagonists, Kauto Star and Denman, that William Hill have generously increased their Free Bets offer to £60. You can get yours by clicking on the following and simply opening an account :
William Hill £60 Free Bet.

The Bookies have no questions on whom they think will win the Cheltenham Gold Cup. In the bookies eyes, Kauto Star has emerged as the strong favourite, with Denman’s odds beginning to drift as the big race day gets nearer. Experienced Cheltenham betting fans will find it hard to see past Kauto Star’s two Gold Cup wins in three years (2007, 2009) with Denman sandwiched in the middle with his 2008 victory.
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The third biggest race of the National Hunt’s Calendar gets underway today : The Champion Hurdle also known as the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge. It of-course announces the arrival of 4 fantastic days of Cheltenham betting, culminating with the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.

Last year’s winner, Punjabi, will be looking to make it a double success, however, he faces stiff competition from early race favourite, Go Native and the much fancied Solwhit. Khyber Kim and last year’s Champion Hurdle race favourite Binocular look also to be in the mix come the finishing post.
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To help celebrate this year’s Cheltenham Festival betting fans can now imagine what it would be like to sit upon either Denman or Kauto Star and attempt the fences of the perilious fances at the Cheltenham Gold Cup clash.

William Hill, the makers behind War Of The Wolds, stated, “”We have developed the game to celebrate the epic third clash between Kauto Star and Denman … We fully expect this game to publicise the real Gold Cup, and two of National Hunt Racing’s biggest stars to the google generation.”
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With the wind-up of the jump season in the not-too-far-off distance, most punters will be thinking of Cheltenham betting odds or even the Grand National betting. However, before we get ahead of ourselves there is the 2010 Imperial Cup to take place this weekend at Sandown.

Paddy Power, who sponsor the Imperial Cup, are again offering a £75,000 bonus to the winner of the race on top of the £70,000 they’ll already receive if they can go on and win a race at next week’s Cheltenham Festival.
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The 2010 Totesport Trophy runs at Newbury this Saturday and is turning into one of the most frenzied horse racing betting markets of the year so far. With any one of eight horses with a better than average chance of winning, makes the Totesport Trophy the hot race of the weekend, hopefully hot enough to keep the cold weather at bay.

With Cheltenham betting 2nd favourite, Denman, facing less stiff competition in the Aon Chase, attention has turned to the Totesport Trophy to help warm the cockles of betting punters up and down the country this Saturday.
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The Cheltenham Festival doesn’t start till March, however, such is the hype behind this premier racing card that with still 50 days to go till it starts the papers an online buzz surrounding the event is big, very big. I haven’t got an exact figure for how much money is bet at Cheltenham during the 4 day meet, but I’d imagine that somewhere between the £400 million and £500million mark would be a good estimate. It proves Cheltenham is HUGE!
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Scotland’s richest sprint handicap for thoroughbreds – The Ayr Gold Cup – takes place over the next 3 days. An expected crowd of over 25,000 will file through the gates looking forward to seeing some magical races. Tomorrow (Friday the 18th of September 2009) is Ladies day, where the first of the 3 major races takes place – the Ayr Bronze Cup.

The third group of highest weighted horses, twenty seven in number, will contest for the Bronze Cup, the first time ever it has been ran on a Friday. The second group of 27 horses will be entered into the Ayr Silver Cup on Saturday and the 27 highest weighted horses will run in the main event – The Ayr Gold Cup, also on Saturday.
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