Cheltenham Festival Betting Options

Punters and bookmakers at the National Hunt Festival 2005 (Getty Images)

William Hill offers a wide variety of exciting and rewarding Cheltenham Festival horse racing betting options. Once you’ve had a look at the Cheltenham Festival betting page on this site for some guidelines on picking your winner, don’t hesitate to place your bets while the odds are at their best.

  • Betting on a winner: No matter which race you’re betting on, betting on the winner is the easiest and most self-explanatory way to bet on horseracing. Simply root out the horses that you don’t think will make it and then pick the one you think has what it takes to win your chosen race. Betting on a winner is usually easiest and most reliable when a clear favourite has emerged in the Cheltenham Festival horse racing betting markets for any given race.
  • Betting on a placed finish: Cheltenham Festival horse betting option on a placed finish involves picking horses that you think have what it takes to finish placed in a specific race. This form of betting allows you to bet on more than one strong horse in each race and possibly collect dividends on a handful of horses in a single race. This option also suits more cautious punters who are willing to forgo higher odds in favour of improving their chances of earning a payout.
  • Betting each way: Betting each way allows you to hedge your bets if you’re confident that your horse will finish placed, but not entirely sure the horse will win. Each way Cheltenham Festival horse racing betting involves picking a horse as a winner and betting on a placed finish, which in turn opens up two possible outcomes. If the horse finishes placed but doesn’t win you’ll take home a share of the dividend. However if the horse wins you’ll get paid out for both aspects of the bet, collecting the dividend for a placed finish as well as the payout on the horse’s odds of winning the race.
  • Do your Cheltenham Festival betting online: Big events like the Cheltenham Festival produce odds long in advance of the races. The early odds are some of the best and the best way to take advantage of the early odds is to do your Cheltenham Festival horse racing betting online. Registering and making your first deposit is quick and painless, and all the Cheltenham Festival betting options and odds are easily accessible.