Master Minded heads the Queen Mother betting and today it was announced that he heads the 24 entries for the championship race at the festival. Last season we were all in awe of this great chaser as he was regarded as the highest rated horse in training and the manner in which he won the 2009 Victor Chandler Chase no one would have disputed this.
Master Minded was unbeaten in four starts up to the Connaught Chase at Prestbury Park in November where he was soundly beaten and the after race assessment was that he was suffering from a rib injury. The way he ran that day, hanging up the straight suggested that he was not right.
The bookies are taking no chances with his price which is no where near as short as last year but still this shows him as the clear favourite for the race. There are any number of Irish possibles for the race with seven entered, including the 2009 Irish Independent Arkle Trophy victor Forpadydepasterer as well as Big Zeb, who was travelling well when falling four out last year, the 2006 victor Newmill and Tranquil Sea, already a winner at Cheltenham this season following his victory in the Paddy Power Gold Cup on November 14. The smart novice chaser Sizing Europe has also been given an entry.
The local challenge may come from Well Chief, the 2004 Irish Independent Arkle Trophy victor and twice runner-up in the Cheltenham Festival Queen Mother Champion Chase and Voy Por Ustedes who is no stranger to Festival glory having captured both the 2006 Irish Independent Arkle Trophy and the 2007 Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase.
There are many names in the line up that could win this race and this maybe a race that one should look at an ante post each way alternative to the favourite at this point and prices of the 2010 Queen Mother Chase.
| 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 |
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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.

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.
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.

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.
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.
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