Best Races To Bet On At Cheltenham

23-02-2023

The Cheltenham Festival is now just around the corner, so it is time to be putting the final touches to your list of selections for the biggest National Hunt meeting of the year.

As we know, picking winners of any horse race is a difficult task, and at Cheltenham, it is made even harder as the best horses in the game are geared up to try and achieve career-best efforts all at the same time.

There are a total of 28 races on offer across the four days of action, some of which have proven to be a haven for favourite backers, some for the each-way players, and others are simply a minefield.

Let`s have a look at some good races to bet on in 2023 depending on your betting preferences.


"Handicap Hurdle" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Carine06

The Favourite Backers

Those looking to have a relatively lower-risk wager at this year`s Cheltenham Festival will be concentrating on one race. On the opening day of the meeting, the brilliant Constitution Hill will put his unbeaten status on the line in the Champion Hurdle. Many of the best horse racing tips will include Nicky Henderson`s star hurdler, whose current odds are 4/11.

Other races to mention when it comes to backing a short-priced favourite this year include, the Gold Cup and the Ryanair Chase, where Galopin Des Champs and Shiskin are well fancied to bound to success at prices of 7/4 and 11/8 respectively.

The Eachway Players

Let`s face it, we all love to have a big-priced winner on any day of the week, but when it comes to finding winners at double-digit odds at the Cheltenham Festival is all the more pleasing. Not only does it give the confidence in your racing knowledge a boost, but it also gives you bragging rights over friends and family that are also searching for winners.

There are certain races at the festival that have consistently thrown up surprises in the past, with the handicap races throughout the week being of particular interest to each-way backers.


"Handicap chase" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Carine06

For instance, the Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle has had four double-digit odds winners in the past five years, and was won 12 months ago by Commander Of Fleet at 50/1! It can sometimes be a case of closing your eyes and sticking a pin in the race card to pick a winner of races like the Coral Cup.

Other races across the four days that this particular method of selection can be used include the Ultima Handicap Chase, the Pertemps Handicap Hurdle, and the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle. The latter is of particular interest to those looking for a potential big-priced winner, with 80/1 shot, Jeff Kidder, winning in 2021.

It is always good to stick to what has served you right when it comes to selecting possible winners or placed finishers at Cheltenham. If you need some help to filter the good from the bad, it can also pay off to put your trust in the hands of the most successful tipsters.