2010 CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL SPECIAL BETS FROM WILLIAM HILL
With just a few days away until the start of the 2010 Cheltenham Festival, we're going to give you the best run-down on the Internet of all the 2010 Cheltenham Festival Specials that top UK bookmaker William Hill are offering. Even if you're not going to bet on any of the special markets, sometimes it can really help to know what the prices are when you're making other selections. For instance, knowing how many winners Paul Nicholls is expected to have this year can pay dividends when you're choosing jumpers for days 3 and 4.
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One of the special bets William Hill are offering is the Cheltenham Festival Banker Bet Bundle where you can grab all four 2010 Cheltenham bankers on one accumulator. Dunguib, Master Minded, Big Bucks and Kauto Star all to win rewards at a solid 9/1 price. Since their prices will all likely drop on race day, you are locked in at a decent listing. Additionally, each of them races on a different day so you can watch your bet unfold over the four days. I can see a number of punters placing a very large sum to cover those four.
An Irish winner is heavily-favoured for the 2010 Champion Bumper. William Hill has priced it at an odds-on listing of 1/3.
Ruby Walsh trades at 8/15 to be named Cheltenham Festival Top Jockey while Barry Geraghty is listed at 7/2. AP McCoy trades at 13/2.
The bookies expect exactly 8 Irish winners at this years festival and that's the shortest odds price at 11/4. 9 Irish winners at the 2010 Cheltenham Festival pays 7/2 while 7 winners pays out at 4/1. 11 or more is a solid 13/2, which is the same price as 10 Irish winners. 6 Irish winners pays out at 8/1 while 5 rewards at 10/1. Should the Irish jumpers endure a torrid week, up to and including 4 winners pays 16/1.
Nicky Henderson is the odds-on favourite to win the top trainer without Paul Nicholls market. You'll find him at 10/11 with Willie Mullins at 9/4.
If you think Dunguib is set for a big victory in the 2010 Supreme Novices Hurdle, why not back him at 7/1 to win the Supreme Novices this year and then win the 2011 Champion Hurdle? With Dubguib at odds-on right now, you're basically betting on him to stay injury free next year and it is very reasonable to expect he will run in the Champion Hurlde- the race most winners of the Supreme Novices are pointed towards.
The 2010 CHeltenham Festival Aggregate Winning Distances market shows under 95 lengths at 5/4 with 95-120 lengths at 6/4 and over 120 lengths trading at 5/2.
Master Minded is favoured as the banker with the biggest winning distance. You'll find him at 7/4 while Kauto Star is listed at 5/2. Dunguib sits at 11/4 while Big Bucks trades at 5/1. All four Cheltenham Festival bankers to be beaten pays 20/1.
You can take a match bet on the fastest time between the 2010 Champion Hurdle and the 2010 Supreme Novices with the Champion Hurdle favoured at 8/13 while the Supreme Novices trades at 6/5.