Cheltenham racing action is here - Place your bets!

Cheltenham Racing The Cheltenham Festival is fast approaching and Ladbrokes odds for the Gold Cup are now available! Visit the Horses home page to see the latest odds and place your bet.

This year promises to be the most open contests in recent memory, making the betting more exciting than ever. Who will you pick to be first past the post?

Tips on betting for punters looking to pick their Cheltenham racing winners are plentiful, so why not consider the stats before you place your Cheltenham bet?

Gold Cup winners, for the last seven out of eight races, have either won or come second at previous Cheltenham Festival racing events, so the first tip is to back a horse in good form.

Meanwhile, Cheltenham racing form usually dictates that a horse that has not been over worked in the prelude to the race usually wins, only one of the previous ten winners have raced more than three times that season.

Horses who came second or third in the previous year generally do not fare well though, as only The Fellow and Bregawn have won a Cheltenham Gold Cup after placing in the year before. First time runners are worth a punt as six of the past nine winners were running the race for the first time.

Although Cheltenham betting will be enthralling this year, you may need one final tip on Cheltenham racing before you feel confident of picking a winner. Select runners with high stamina levels, as only two of the previous ten Cheltenham winners had won a race over three miles. Good luck with your Cheltenham bet!