UK Horse Racing Tips

The four day 2018 Cheltenham Festival is now just around the corner, taking place from Tuesday March 13^th – March 16^th 2018. Racing fans across the nation, and in fact the world, are primed for 28 competitive races, at least 14 of which are Grade 1. Some of the most highly anticipated National Hunt events of the racing calendar are taking place such as the Supreme Novices Hurdle, Champions Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, as well as the jewel in the crown, the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Bookmakers are at the ready to take literally hundreds of millions of pounds over this racing week and horse racing tipsters are already offering up expert picks for the festival. As the first race of this must-watch Festival begins, prepare to hear the on-course Cheltenham Roar, a sure fire indication of the excitement the Festival generates without fail.

So since we’ve established that the Cheltenham Festival is a hotbed of betting activity, we ought to cast an eye on who’s favoured to impressive in some of the most highly anticipated races at Cheltenham. An obvious race to focus on is of course the Gold Cup. It’s the most highly anticipated Group 1 race of them all with prize money of over half a million pounds, and attracts only the very best contenders. Winning this competittive event is never a formality.

Last year, the Jessica Harington trained Sizing John made all at odds of 7-1. He returns again this year to defend his title. Doing so would make this the first time since 2002-04 when Best Mate won three years in a row. So lightning really ‘does’ strike in the same place twice (or thrice) but with betting odd of 6-1 this time round, he clearly has some convincing of the betting public to do. He’s third favourite in fact to win the 2018 Gold Cup, with Native River 2^nd favourite at 5-1 and Might Bite favourite at 3-1 with most bookmakers. Trainer Nicky Henderson recently stated that Might Bite’s work at home has been “vasty superior” to anything he’s produced previously. He was no slouch as it was, and so this surely bodes well for him.

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