Cheltenham Festival Special Bets
It is often said that get two Irish men together and they will bet on two fly's going up a wall. With this attitude the bookmakers are more than keen to aid this frenzy and offer as many alternatives as they possibly can to ensure absolute customer satisfaction. Some of the more established Cheltenham special bets offered at the festival would be;- Cheltenham Top Jockey
- Cheltenham top trainer
- How many winners will the Irish have during the 4 days
- Match bets is very common. Taking two horses in a race, which one will beat the other.
- Distance betting, this is where you have a long odds on favourite, how far will it win?
- Betting without the favourite, again usually where there is a good thing.
Some bookmakers go a stage further and look at Cheltenham special bets which might be more novel an example of such a bet offered would be will the Irish trainer of any winner on St Patrick's day be wearing a green jacket or hat!!
Cheltenham Special Bet Offers
What has become very popular in recent years is the amount of concessions offered by the bookmakers in order to secure you custom.The popular Cheltenham special bet concessions offered would be;
- If your selection is loses to the favourite you will get your stake returned.
- If your selection loses buy a short head, you will get your stake returned
- If your selection is leading at the last fence and loses you will get your stake returned.

