
The County Hurdle is one of the most difficult races to back a winner at the Cheltenham National Hunt Racing Festival. It is fitting that this race is named after a horse racing legend Vincent O'Brien. The County Handicap Hurdle usually contains a huge and varied field of handicappers. One Cheltenham tip for those needing to recoup losses at the end of four days of action, "Remember there is always Next Year".
Generally there is a major gamble on an Irish horse in this race and you can keep track of any market moves by way of our odds comparison tables, featuring the best odds from the leading online bookmakers.
Check out the County Handicap Hurdle Odds
For those trainers looking to pull off a bit of a Cheltenham Festival betting coup this is one race that the Irish like to have a go at and we shall be looking to identify all the relevant form in our Form preview section.
One of the more difficult races to tip up but in our endless pursuit to find winners at the festival we will be giving this our best shot on out County Hurdle tips preview.
This decades past winners are:
2008 Silver Jaro 5 T Hogan 50/1
2007 Pedrobob 9 A Mullins 12/1
2006 Desert Quest 6 P Nicholls 4/1JF
2005 Fontanesi 5 M Pipe 16/1
2004 Sporazene 5 P Nicholls 7/1JF
2003 Spirit Leader 7 Mrs J Harrington 10/1
2002 Rooster Booster 8 P Hobbs 8/1
2000 Master Tern 5 Jonjo O’Neill 9/2F
County Handicap Hurdle Results
| Bet365 | Bet365 £100 Free Bet |
|---|---|
| Boylesports | Boylesports £200 Free Bet |
| Ladbrokes | Ladbrokes £25 Free Bet |
| Paddy Power | Paddy Power £30 Free Bet |
| Stan James | Stan James £25 Free Bet |
| Totesport | Totesport £25 Free Bet |
| William Hill | William Hill £25 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 £30.
Visit Paddy Power for a £30 Free Bet
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.

We are delighted to announce we will be featuring horse racing betting tips from the channel four presenter Tom Lee. Our resident racing tipster appears on Channel 4 and RTE in Ireland. Tom Lee Cheltenham Festival Tips will be supported with opinions and views from our editorial team.
On this section you can get an overview of the card 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 2009 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.
For those of you who do not have accomodation or tickets we have some useful tips to assist you in having a great week at Prestbury Park the home of National Hunt racing.

The Irish arrive in their thousands to participate in the biggest racing festival in the World. Each year the Irish enjoy having a punt and more than a few glasses of Guinness during festival week.