Coral Cup Betting 2012

The Coral Cup is one of the lower profile races at the Cheltenham festival but the day two contest still offers plenty of value across the betting market. The Coral Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt race which is held over a distance of two miles and five furlongs.

Coral Cup betting 2012 will be an interesting market because some of the lesser known horses from famous stables will be on show. This is the ideal race for trainers to throw younger horses into or horses that just need races in order to get back to a peak state of physical condition.

The Coral Cup

The Coral Cup is one of the most lucrative Grade 3 races on the National Hunt calendar. Prize money of just under £100,000 is available which guarantees that all jockeys and trainers take the race seriously. The winner gets around £50,000 of this prize purse which means there is incentive for trainers to put decent lower profile horses into the race.

The Coral Cup is open to four-year-old horses and older and is run around the old course at Cheltenham. This differs very little from the new course and still has the famous uphill finish which is physically very demanding on the horses. There are ten hurdles to be jumped during the race and the contest is a handicap race. This ensures that the horses with more successful records will be carrying extra weight.

Coral Cup Betting

Coral Cup betting is one of the best markets for punters because the odds on the leading favourites to win the race are the same as the odds for contenders in the big races. Poungach is the current favourite in Coral Cup betting at a lengthy price of 14/1 which could go much shorter in the days leading up to the race.

Poungach is a six-year-old horse with only five career starts over jumps. The good news for punters thinking of backing this horse is that the animal has never finished below third in a competitive race. The three wins include a win at the famous Ascot course and the horse finished second in a debut appearance at Cheltenham at the start of 2012.

Candidate to Win the Coral Cup

Get Me Out Of Here is a candidate to win the Coral Cup and one of many horses rated at the same price for a win with most of the betting market. This horse is an eight-year-old from the stables of respected National Hunt trainer Jonjo O'Neill. The horse has 13 career races due to age and has won five times with three second place finishes.

Featherbed Lane is another candidate to win the Coral Cup and a horse which is rated as having the same chance of a win, in some places, as Poungach. Featherbed Lane is in prime condition at seven-years-old and has had 11 career races producing three wins, two second place finishes and two third place finishes.

Coral Cup Each Way Betting

In such a wide open race there will be a number of outsiders that could potentially upset the odds and secure a place which would make a good return on an each way bet. A Media Luz could be the best option for Coral Cup each way betting for a variety of reasons.

A Media Luz is trained by Nicky Henderson so the horse will not be poor by any means. The horse is only five-years-old so it should be enthusiastic and carrying less weight and the horse has raced seven times producing a first, second and third place finish.