One of the first big betting races of the National Hunt season is the Paddy Power Gold Cup. The Paddy Power Gold cup is sponsored by the Irish bookmaker Paddy Power and has sponsored this race for a number of years now. The Paddy Power Gold Cup is one of the first major races of the season and is part of the Cheltenham Open National Hunt meeting the first really big National Hunt festivals of the season.
The Open Meeting is a three day meeting with the feature being the Paddy Power Gold Cup which takes place on the Saturday of this three day festival. There is always a very active Paddy Power Gold Cup betting market as it features some of best 21/2 mile chasers in the country and offer Cheltenham festival betting punters an opportunity to see some early Cheltenham Festival form.
A Paddy Power Gold Cup tip is to consider the Pipe runners as the stable has a great record in this race and David Pipe will be keen to continue to uphold this great tradition started by his father.
The Paddy Power Gold Cup is just part of a very good Cheltenham Open meeting card which also features other exciting races such as the Cross country race and the Greatwood Hurdle which is on the final day of this excellent card.
| 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.

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.
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.