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Each year the Cheltenham Festivalis the holy grail of National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom which takes place every March at Cheltenham Racecourse.
It is where many of the best British and Irish trained horses' race against each other to claim the coveted prize and be regarded as the best chasers or hurdlers for the season ahead.
The first ever Festival was held in 1902 at Prestbury Park, Cheltenham
This season horses such as Menorah, Big Zeb, Big Bucks, Zaynar, and Peddlers Cross are all in people's expectations to be the good things at the course and will be popular with punters who are looking at the ante post Cheltenham Betting.
In The betting rings hundreds of millions of pounds will be gambled over the course of the festival.
Cheltenham is often noted for its atmosphere, most notably the "Cheltenham roar", which refers to the enormous amount of noise that the crowd achieves once the Supreme Novices goes off on day 1.
Cheltenham betting especially in the Champion Hurdle, The Foxhunters and the Champion Bumper reach fever pitch amounts as punters pile into the best horses and laid out gambles of the season
Other races that grab the public's attention are The Triumph Hurdle Supreme Novices' Hurdle, Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle, Arkle Challenge Trophy, RSA Chase, Queen Mother Champion Chase, World Hurdle and the most important being the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Betting at Cheltenham offers punters a chance to gain that elusive payoff with many top class horses going off at double figure odds.
It is a place where the 2 euro each-way bettor can become more knowledgeable than a professional gambler or an odds compiler working for a bookmakers and once after all the form study is done and your winner storms up the Cheltenham hill you cannot match that feeling of being right and going to the bookies to get your rewards.
It's usually wise to look at all the form and don't be tempted to back the "cert" in the races as on average the winning starting price over the festival will be around the 10/1 mark in the betting.
Previous Cheltenham Festival form is very important for punters gaining an edge in some of the races and can be a useful form guide to those who should run well and at a price.
The Cheltenham Festival offers punters a wealth of information especially for Cheltenham Betting punters can check many sources for form, stats, trends and Cheltenham betting guides to find that edge.
A good place to start would be to look at last time out winners and also horses weighted under 11st in handicaps can hold steady profits for backers betting on these rules only.
If you like your horse racing and to meet like-minded people who are passionate about the sport then the Cheltenham Festival is for you.
Over the 4 days you will witness all the top Jockeys, Horses and Trainers fighting it out in front of the more than 200,000 visitors in the best races and most exciting finishes to be seen.
Win, Lose or draw it is a place that any racing fan should be at.
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