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The month of March will bring the mega Cheltenham Festival for all the horse-racing fans. Bringing the best jockeys from all the Great Britian and Ireland, the Cheltenham Festival is the best horse racing event whose prize money is second only to the Grand National.

The Festival is the delight of all the bookmakers. A heavy sum of money is betted every year on this mega event at Prestbury Park, and this year will probably be no different. The Gold Cup race probably will see a lot of betting activity in the whole event. If you are looking to join the betting scene but are looking for safe bets you are better checking the Odds for the Cheltenham Festival brought to you by the top online bookies Odds for Cheltenham Festival.

If you are a punter and have plenty of free bets already, then it would be wiser to use them on the Gold Cup or any of the other main championship races. But if you don’t have your free bets yet, then you can choose from the top bookmakers on the Cheltenham Festival 2018- Free bets page where you will find all of the leading bookmakers. It is important to remember that the bookmakers only get recognition after being reviewed completely and then only the best bookmakers are mentioned. It is important to remember that the bookmakers only get recognition on this site after being reviewed completely and then only the best bookmakers are mentioned.

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Let’s look at the previous six winners of the Gold Cup.

Sizing John (2017):

The British bred, Irish trained racehorse has been one of the best horses in recent times. Even the first attempt at 3m saw him winning the Irish Gold Cup in 2017. Yet it was not the only win in his superb year. He won the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase while he claimed the Cheltenham Gold Cup as well that year.

While mostly ridden by Jonathon Burke, Sizing John is now ridden by Robbie Power in the recent times. And this new rider seems to fit him very well as he has won all the best races in recent times. He is also one of the favorites for the 2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Don Cossack (2016):

The thoroughbred racehorse is the German bred and Irish trained horse who is retired now. Many leading jockeys like Bryan Cooper, Davy Russell, A.P. McCoy and Paul Carberry had the opportunity of riding such an amazing horse.

The 2014-15 national Hunt season saw the best of him as he won six out of the seven races, including races like the Powers Irsh Whiskey Chase, Daily Star Chase, Punchestown Chase, Melling Chase and Punchestown Gold Cup etc.

In May of 2016, he became the best National Hunt performer in Britain and Ireland after winning the same award the previous season as well. That year saw his biggest career victory by winning the 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Coneygree (2015):

The British Thoroughbred racehorse Coneygree became the first novice chaser who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup since 1974 when Captain Christy had won it. Although his career was marred by injuries after that win, yet that win was so memorable that people remembered it for a long time. That year he had won the Denman Chase as well.

Lord Windermere (2014):

The Irish Thoroughbred racehorse Lord Windermere had won the RSA Chase in 2013. The next year the biggest victory of his career came his way when he won the 2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup. It was a huge surprise when the trainer Jim Culloty managed to win again who already had won three times as a jockey on Best Mate.

Bobs Worth (2013):

The British trained Thoroughbred racehorse Bobs Worth has won many major races. In 2011, he managed to win the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle. The RSA Chase came in his career in 2012. While the biggest win of his career came in 2013 when he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup. That Gold Cup win made him the first horse to win three different Cheltenham Festival races since the amazing Flying Bolt in the 60s.

Synchronised (2012):

The British trained Thoroughbred racehorse Synchronised was an amazing long distance steeplechaser whose 2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup win was the greatest win in his career. Two races namely the Midlands Grand National and Welsh National came to him in 2010 while he also won the Lexus Chase in 2011. The 2012 saw the climax of his career when he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup. However, that year witnessed the tragic end of such an incredible horse after suffering a fatal injury in the Grand National.

In the Betway Handicap (6.20) at Wolverhampton on Monday, Flight Of Fantasy is untried on Tapeta, but her form on Polytrack bears close inspection and she looks worth chancing off an 8lb higher mark than when winning by 5 lengths, eased down, in a 0-75 contest at Kempton 17 days ago. By necessity, Harry Dunlop’s 4-year-old filly steps up into 0-85 company, but had previously only just been touched off – albeit off a handicap mark 9lb lower than today – in a 0-90 contest, also at Kempton, and is clearly going the right way. In fact, the winner that day, Al Hamdany, was only beaten a neck, off a 3lb higher mark, in a 0-105 contest over this course and distance on his next start, so the form looks strong. The daughter of Nathaniel is entitled to improve for her latest Kempton run, her first since early November, and looks to have an outstanding chance if taking to the surface. She’s better on the all-weather than elsewhere and was considered a possible for an Oaks trial early last season.

Selection: Wolverhampton 6.20 Flight Of Fantasy to win

For readers of a certain age, the name of Sir Michael Stoute will always be synonymous with that of Shergar, whose wonderful, record-breaking display in the Derby in 1981 – under “The Choirboy”, as the late Walter Swinburn was known in his heyday – is an indelible memory. However, 36 years later Sir Michael, who was knighted in 1998 for services to tourism in Barbados, where he was born, is still at the top of his profession.

Although overshadowed in recent years by the likes of Aidan O’Brien and John Gosden, it’s worth remembering that Sir Michael Stoute won the Flat trainers’ championship ten times between 1981 and 2009. Sir Michael was resurgent in 2017, too, winning more prize money in Britain than ever before – a total in excess of £3,855,000 – to finish fourth in the Flat trainers’ championship.

The veteran trainer, who turned 72 in October, had his share of heartache, with Ballet Concerto collapsing and dying on the gallops and Expert Eye, odds-on to provide his first Group One two-year-old winner for many a year, going lame in the Dewhurst Stakes. However, the now-retired Ulysses flew the flag for the yard, winning the Coral-Eclipse and the Juddmonte International before finishing an honourable third behind Enable in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, and there were plenty of other success stories, too. Sir Michael seems likely to ‘stay respectable’, as he put it, for a while longer just yet.

The 32Red.com Nursery Handicap (1.45) at Lingfield on Wednesday is a competitive little heat for the grade, but may provide Motown Mick with an opportunity to open his account on Polytrack. The Intikhab gelding has run respectably on both visits to Kempton, most recently when a never-nearer third of five, beaten 2¾ lengths, in a 0-90 nursery handicap over 7 furlongs six weeks ago. Richard Hannon’s charge will be suited by returning to a mile in due course but, for the time being, 7 furlongs around Lingfield – where late pace is vital – may be sufficient to show him in better light. One or two of his rivals like to race prominently so, hopefully, he should have a decent pace to aim at.

Selection: Lingfield 1.45 Motown Mick to win