OLBG Community News

We have plenty of trend blogs on OLBG available most weekends. To make it easier to see which races are covered, we will list the upcoming races here, along with links.

These blogs (all times are GMT) can help you find race selections when adding your horse racing tips. Races marked in bold mean the trend shortlists are available.

Thursday 12th March

• Cheltenham - Essential Guide To The Cheltenham Festival
• 13:20 at Cheltenham - Mares Novices' Hurdle
• 14:00 at Cheltenham - Novices' Limited Handicap Chase
• 14:40 at Cheltenham - Close Brothers Mares Hurdle
• 15:20 at Cheltenham - Stayers Hurdle
• 16:00 at Cheltenham - Ryanair Chase
• 16:40 at Cheltenham - Pertemps Network Final
• 17:20 at Cheltenham - Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup

Friday 13th March

• 13:20 at Cheltenham - Triumph Hurdle
• 14:00 at Cheltenham - County Handicap Hurdle
• 14:40 at Cheltenham - Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase
• 15:20 at Cheltenham - Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle
• 16:00 at Cheltenham - Cheltenham Gold Cup
• 16:40 at Cheltenham - Festival Hunters Chase
• 17:20 at Cheltenham - Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle

Saturday 14th March

• 15:00 at Uttoxeter - Midlands Grand National

Sunday 15th March

• 16:20 at Curragh - Irish Lincolnshire

A big thank you to everyone who took part in the 2026 Cricket T20 World Cup Tipster Competition.

Congratulations go to Edwinp on winning the £25 top prize after finishing the competition with a +24.72 level stakes profit (LSP) from 95 tips placed, of which 53 were profitable.

The £10 runner-up spot went to rockabilly kat, who finished with a +20.89 LSP from 24 tips placed (13 returned a profit).

Here are the top 15 tipsters for the T20 World Cup Competition:

1. Edwinp +24.72
2. rockabilly kat +20.89
3. KP14798 +20.58
4. Quinel +18.66
5. steve135 +15.17
6. Redfella77 +8.67
7. Failed Prophet +7.80
8. Victory99 +6.40
9. igorukr +4.71
10. mnauman19945382 +4.54
11. Danfran +3.86
12. Nelypp +3.75
13. the rascal +3.64
14. griffin6 +2.50
15. andywood69 +1.87

Check out the final T20 Competition table to see the detailed stats. Thanks again to all who took part, and well done to Hogsback and the prize winners.

Prizes will be allocated to OLBG accounts in due course.

Here are some of the sporting highlights for the week ahead. Live TV events are usually popular, so why not share your tips to help those who want to bet on them?

Monday 9th March 2026

• [Football] FA Cup Fifth Round - West Ham United v Brentford (TNT Sports, discovery+)

Tuesday 10th March 2026

• [Horse Racing] Cheltenham Festival 2026 - Live racing from Cheltenham Festival (ITV)
• [Football] UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg - Galatasaray v Liverpool (TNT Sports)
• [Football] Championship - Stoke City v Ipswich Town (Sky Sports)
• [Football] UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg - Atalanta v Bayern Munich (TNT Sports)
• [Football] UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg - Atletico Madrid v Tottenham Hotspur (TNT Sports)
• [Football] UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg - Newcastle United v Barcelona (Amazon Prime Video)

Wednesday 11th March 2026

• [Horse Racing] Cheltenham Festival 2026 - Live racing from Cheltenham Festival (ITV)
• [Football] UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg - Bayer Leverkusen v Arsenal (TNT Sports)
• [Football] Championship - Coventry City v Preston North End (Sky Sports)
• [Football] UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg - Bodo/Glimt v Sporting CP (TNT Sports)
• [Football] UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg - PSG v Chelsea (TNT Sports)
• [Football] UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg - Real Madrid v Manchester City (TNT Sports)

Thursday 12th March 2026

• [Golf] PGA Tour - THE PLAYERS Championship (Sky Sports Golf) (Ongoing till 15-Mar)
• [Horse Racing] Cheltenham Festival 2026 - Live racing from Cheltenham Festival (ITV)
• [Football] UEFA Europa League Round of 16 1st Leg - Lille v Aston Villa (TNT Sports)
• [Darts] 2026 Premier League Darts - BetMGM Premier League Night 6 - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [Football] UEFA Conference League Round of 16 1st Leg - Crystal Palace v AEK Larnaca (TNT Sports)
• [Football] UEFA Europa League Round of 16 1st Leg - Nottingham Forest v FC Midtjylland (TNT Sports)

Friday 13th March 2026

• [Horse Racing] Cheltenham Festival 2026 - Live racing from Cheltenham Festival (ITV)
• [Football] Championship - Wrexham v Swansea City (Sky Sports)

Saturday 14th March 2026

• [Formula 1] Chinese Grand Prix - Sprint - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai (Sky Sports F1)
• [Football] Championship - Coventry City v Southampton (Sky Sports)
• [Horse Racing] Live Racing - Live racing from Uttoxeter (ITV4)
• [Rugby Union] Six Nations 2026 - Ireland v Scotland (ITV)
• [Rugby Union] Six Nations 2026 - Wales v Italy (BBC1, Premier Sports 1)
• [Football] Premier League - Arsenal v Everton (Sky Sports)
• [Football] Premier League - Chelsea v Newcastle United (Sky Sports)
• [Boxing] Live Boxing - James Dickens vs Anthony Cacace (DAZN)
• [Football] Premier League - West Ham United v Manchester City (TNT Sports)
• [Rugby Union] Six Nations 2026 - France v England (ITV)

Sunday 15th March 2026

• [UFC] UFC Fight Night - Josh Emmett vs Kevin Vallejos (TNT Sports 2)
• [Boxing] Live Boxing - Arnold Barboza Jr vs Kenneth Sims Jr (DAZN)
• [Cricket] Twenty20 International - New Zealand v South Africa (TNT Sports (TBC), Discovery+)
• [Formula 1] Chinese Grand Prix - Race - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai (Sky Sports F1)
• [Football] Premier League - Crystal Palace v Leeds United (Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports)
• [Football] Premier League - Manchester United v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
• [Football] Premier League - Nottingham Forest v Fulham (Sky Sports)
• [Football] Premier League - Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur (Sky Sports)

We are running our annual Cheltenham Festival tipster competition with a total cash prize fund of £1,500 and over 100 prizes.

The winner will receive a massive £500 cash prize, there's £200 for 2nd, £100 for 3rd to 5th, plus 100 prizes of £5.

Did you know you can earn crowns, which you can then spend on merchandise in the OLBG store in many ways, just by using your OLBG account? 

You can earn OLBG crowns for use in the store by doing any of the following with your OLBG account:

• Add tips - via your dashboard task menu to receive crowns and new tasks added regularly.

• Hit A Winning Streak - Place at least one winning tip on consecutive days and build a winning streak, earning crowns as your streak progresses.

• Have Profitable Days - Have at least 5 winning tips (with comments) on a sport and finish in profit on any given day to win 200 crowns!

• Settle Tips - Enter results and scores for completed events in many sports to receive crowns.

• Surveys - complete topical surveys via your "Explore And Earn" section on your dashboard to receive crowns.

• Bookie Reviews - Add useful bookie reviews to help users and receive crowns. New reviews are added regularly to your dashboard tasks.

Take a look in the store, there are lots of OLBG goodies to pick from, ranging from Umbrellas, Bobble Hats, Caps, Water Bottles, Coasters, Notebooks, Playing Cards, Pens and digital items for the tipsters amongst you who like to keep track of stats and figures for the year.

OLBG is running our FREE-to-enter Six Nations Tipping Competition with a £200 total cash prize fund.

This tournament starts on Friday, the 5th of February and runs through to the 14th of March with five weekends of action to come.

The winner will land themselves £50, the runner-up and third-placed finish worth £25 each and the next ten places will all receive £10 each.