Melbourne Cup Betting
The first Tuesday of November each year it is the day that the Melbourne Cup stops a nation. Unless there are non runners 24 horses line up at the start at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne for the 3200-metre race which has become a national passion.
The Melbourne Cup is without doubt Australia’s premier and richest horse race witha prize fund of well over £2 million.
A Melbourne Cup tip is to ignore all the entries from the northern hemisphere as it is virtually impossible to take this race away from the Aussies as it is a handicap and any horse from Europe is weighted out of it and they also come into the race after a hard season and then there is the distance to travel and quarentine to contend with. While Dermot Weld did produce a great feat in winning this race twice with Vintage Crop in 1993 and Media Puzzle in 2002, the odds are against this happening again some time soon.
There is one horse that will go down in Melbourne Cup history and that is Supermare Makybe Diva who won the 2005 Melbourne Cup at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse and in doing soshe is the only racehorse to have won the Melbourne Cup in three successive years. Makybe Diva's retired from racing after the running of the 2005 Melbourne Cup.
All the online bookmakers listed on this site will offer a Melbourne Cup free bet should you be a first time user of their online betting service.
| 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 2011 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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