Cheltenham Festival Betting Preview: Galopin Des Champs is the favourite for the Gold Cup with the 2024 Cheltenham Festival wrapping up with another HUGE day!

Galopin Des Champs is the evens favourite to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup

The final day of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival is here and the Gold Cup is of course the feature race of the day and the biggest of the week too.

The Cheltenham Gold Cup sees a total purse of more than £600,000 with some of the best horses battling it out for one of the biggest races on the calendar.

Galopin Des Champs was clear favourite in the antepost betting market and that has stayed that way coming into Gold Cup day as he sits as the evens favourite.

Last year saw Galopin Des Champs power up the Cheltenham hill to win the big race as the favourite and Willie Mullins will be hoping for the same again here.

Paddy Power have full odds up for the race with Fastorslow and Gerri Colombe now second and third in the betting market to win the race.

We have trends once again for every single race of Day 4 of Cheltenham

The fourth and final day of the Cheltenham Festival is of course featured in the Racing Trends once again with in-depth blogs for every single race.

We start the day with the Triumph Hurdle and end it with the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle and there are usually big odds winners on the final day.

The full trends list is as follows:

Friday 15th March

• 13:30 at Cheltenham - Triumph Hurdle
• 14:10 at Cheltenham - County Handicap Hurdle
• 14:50 at Cheltenham - Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle
• 15:30 at Cheltenham - Cheltenham Gold Cup
• 16:10 at Cheltenham - Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup
• 16:50 at Cheltenham - Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase
• 17:30 at Cheltenham - Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle

OLBG's Cheltenham Festival Tipster Competition comes to a close on Day 4

The OLBG Cheltenham Festival tipster competition wraps up on Day Four with the OLBG tipsters battling against each other for a total prize fund of £1500.

This year's top prize is £500 for the winner with £200 for second and £100 for the third, fourth and fifth placed tipsters plus there will be £5 paid for the next 100 places.

See the best offers for new and existing customers for Gold Cup day

BetMGM

You can kick things off, if you don’t have an account already, with a huge BetMGM welcome offer that runs just until the end of the Cheltenham Festival, and is exclusive to new customers only. You will have seven days to place a qualifying bet, and will receive six free bets made up of:

• Four £10 horse racing bets
• Two £10 Acca free bets.

In addition to the welcome offer, during the week, BetMGM are giving their users:

• Second Chance/Money Back: Money back as a free bet on the first race of every day.
• Golden Silks: Double your odds on any horse each day (Up to £20)
• 10 Places in the BetMGM County Hurdle (14:10 on Friday 15th March)
• Double Your Odds on any horse in the Gold Cup (Up to £20)

Betfair

As well as their usual selection of Extra Places, Lengthened Odds and Non Runner Money back, Betfair are giving punters a completely free bet on multiples every day of the festival. Opt-in is required, and this is for new and existing customers to take advantage of. There is limit and one bet per day, and the offer runs just for the week of Cheltenham. You'll also get £40 when you bet £10 on the Cheltenham Festival.

Boyle Sports

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