Big Bonus up for Grabs For Champion Hurdle and Boylesports Double
The Boylesports.com International is the feature of the two day Cheltenham meeting in December. Underscoring the importance of this event is a £200,000 bonus payment offered by Boylesports for any horse winning both the Boylesports.com International and the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle in the same season. If won, this will be split £180,000 for the owner, £10,000 for the trainer and £10,000 for the successful yard's stable staff. Rooster Booster won both contests in the 2002/03 season, as did Salmon Spray (1965/66 season) and Comedy Of Errors (1974/75 season).
The two-day Boylesports International also features the £150,000 Boylesports.com Gold Cup on Saturday, December 13, while on Friday, December 12, the £100,000 Boylesports.com Cashback Chase takes centre stage. Friday also sees the £22,500 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Steeple Chase over Cheltenham’s unique Cross Country course. Other highlights include the £45,000 Grade Two "Relkeel" Hurdle on the Saturday, and the £30,000 GradContent
Previous Cheltenham Festival News:
| Kalahari King Emerges as Serious Arkle Contender | 19 Nov 2008 |
| Ballyfitz Advertised his Royal & SunAlliance Chase Chances | 18 Nov 2008 |
| Punchestowns For Ladbrokes? | 18 Nov 2008 |
| Aigle D'Or Possible Champion Hurdle Contender | 18 Nov 2008 |
| Diamond Harry Cheltenham Festival Target Undecided | 17 Nov 2008 |
| Tatenen Arkle Favourite Likely to Head to Leopardstown | 17 Nov 2008 |
| Paddy Power Gold Cup could prove Decisive for Scoop6 | 15 Nov 2008 |
| Golan Way Reaches For Supreme Novices Heights | 14 Nov 2008 |
| Market Movers For Open Meeting | 11 Nov 2008 |
| Schelm Looking for Fourth Successful Raid | 11 Nov 2008 |
| Pipe New Horse Piraya Lines Up For Paddy Power Gold Cup | 11 Nov 2008 |
| Free World Odds Shorten for the Arkle Chase | 10 Nov 2008 |
| Cheltenham Festival runs with the Irish Times | 10 Nov 2008 |
| Katchit one of the Elite | 07 Nov 2008 |
| Is there another Scoop6 millionaire in waiting? | 07 Nov 2008 |
| Paddy Power | Paddy Power £250 Free Bet |
|---|---|
| Ladbrokes | Ladbrokes £200 Free Bet |
| Boylesports | Boylesports £20 Free Bet |
| William Hill | William Hill £25 Free Bet |
| Sportingbet | Sportingbet £10 Free Bet |
| Bet365 | Bet365 £200 Free Bet |
| VCBet | VCBet £125 Free Bet |
Paddy Power are our firm number one choice for your Cheltenham Festival bets. When you open an account with Paddy Power you can claim a free bet of upto £250.
When the racing starts in March many of the listed bookmakers on our site provide special betting markets and cashback offers. As soon as these are revealed we will be adding them to our site to ensure you have all the latest Cheltenham offers at your disposal.
Cheltenham Festival Betting Tips
Following on from last year, we are delighted to announce that we are featuring horse racing tips from Channel Four Racing presenter, Tom Lee. Tom appears on Channel 4's Morning Line and covers live Racing in the afternoon as well fronting RTE's Racing coverage in Ireland, his Cheltenham Festival Tips and previews of each day's Racing will be available during the Festival and supported with opinions and views from our Racing writers.
Cheltenham Festival Races
On this section you can get an overview of the each of the races and official going for each day of the festival. In addition we have previewed each race with all the form, tips and odds to assist you in backing a Cheltenham Festival winner.
- Cheltenham Day One - Tuesday
- Cheltenham Day Two - Wednesday
- Cheltenham Day Three - Thursday
- Cheltenham Day Four - Friday
Cheltenham Festival 2010 Odds
We now have the latest antepost betting odds for the main Cheltenham Festival 2010 races. These odds are updated regularily to ensure that you in touch with all the market moves in the build up to the festival.
Cheltenham Betting Offers
All the bookmakers will be putting up Special Offers on top of their Cheltenham Festival free bets for the festival. Generally you can get extra value with various cashback offers should your horse finish second or if it falls which are just a couple of the different types of offers you will find on this site during the Cheltenham Festival Races.
Attending The Cheltenham Festival
For those of you who do not have accomodation or tickets for the 2009 Cheltenham Festival, we have some useful tips to assist you in having a great week at Prestbury Park. Wheter you are looking for Cheltenham Festival accomodation or Cheltenham Racecourse Directions we should be able to help.
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