The Festival – Live!
Gold Cup Friday, Live It's arrived. The final day of the Festival - and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. We'll be live with you shortly for all the afternoon's action - chat, highlights, betting - until [...]
Gold Cup Friday, Live It's arrived. The final day of the Festival - and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. We'll be live with you shortly for all the afternoon's action - chat, highlights, betting - until [...]
The final Scoop6 races of the 2019 Cheltenham Festival have been revealed The final six races on the card on Gold Cup Day will make up the popular pool bet, with the first leg the [...]
5:45pm - Thanks for spending Cheltenham with us here at the Betfred Blog. We hope you've backed a few winners and make sure to keep an eye on Betfred.com this weekend for plenty of value! [...]
There could only ever be one horse to top the 'Top 10 Cheltenham Gold Cup Winners' and it has to be the horse that made the race its own during the 1930's, Golden Miller. Trained [...]
Arguably the greatest chaser to ever grace National Hunt racing, Arkle's rise to prominence really kicked-off with his scintillating performances at Cheltenham. After finishing third behind Mill House in the Hennessy, Arkle was sent off [...]
Henrietta Knight's folk-favourite Best Mate claimed three back-to-back successes in the Gold Cup, bringing the racing world together through the tough times. He had to miss his chance of claiming the Arkle Trophy when hot [...]
Desert Orchid earned himself a place in racing folklore after following a career of bold front-running tactics, exuberant jumping and versatility very rarely seen in a racehorse. He nearly failed to survive his first ever [...]
Paul Nicholls' popular gelding, Kauto Star, made history by becoming the first horse to retain his Cheltenham crown after losing it. The French-bred ran up a series of top-class chasing wins including four Betfair Chases and [...]
The popular Irish-trained mare Dawn Run landed the 1986 Gold Cup and in the process made a piece of history that is still yet to be matched. A fantastic career over hurdles was capped by [...]
Translated from French as 'The Snail', L'Escargot broke the mould during his career with a magnificent staying ability. Although his most famous hour came at Aintree in 1975, when he broke the heart of the [...]
One of the most heart-warming wins came in 1990, when Norton's Coin outran his 100/1 odds to land the spoils for Sirrel Griffiths. Unfancied in the build-up to the race, his trainer thought that he [...]
Paul Nicholls' superstar Denman was famed for attacking his fences with bold front-running displays that became a common occurrence. He landed the 2007 Hennessey Gold Cup before arriving in the much-hyped Cheltenham Gold Cup as [...]
Here at Betfred we are already looking forward to Cheltenham 2016, with exciting action lingering on the horizon. It is beginning to creep every closer and with the Gold Cup the feature race of the week, [...]
We are now just over a week away from the start of Cheltenham 2016, but if you're sat wondering what all the fuss is about then it's time to keep on reading. If you don't [...]
Betfred are now officially NON RUNNER NO BET on all FOUR championship races at Cheltenham 2016! This means you if you place a bet on the Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, World Hurdle and [...]
Friday the thirteenth is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition, however it often has the adverse effect for me, given my usual luck. I do have plenty of luck, just the majority of it [...]
There's always a great story connected to the winner of the Grade 1 Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup, but the success of Mark Bradstock's novice Coneygree, given a superb ride by new star rider Nico de [...]
Oliver Sherwood feels the rain that arrived at Cheltenham overnight has provided a big boost for his Gold Cup hopeful Many Clouds (Many Clouds – 15/2 Betfred Gold Cup Winner or E/W). Many Clouds won [...]
Ruby Walsh says Silviniaco Conti is the horse everyone else has got to beat in the Betfred Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Friday (Silviniaco Conti 3/1 - Betfred Gold Cup winner or E/W). Paul Nicholls' [...]
Last year's surprise Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Lord Windermere is confidently expected by connections to run another very big race in today's feature event despite having been overlooked to a great extent again in [...]