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Paddy Power will refund all losing accumulators placed on Cheltenham Festival’s “Mullins Four” following the last hurdle fall of race horse Annie Power and jockey Ruby Walsh, during the Festivals Monday Mare’s Hurdle at Cheltenham. Legendary trainer Willie Mullins race horses ridden by champion jockey Ruby Walsh had seen thousands of punters take up four fold accumulators, as punters hoped …

UK bookmakers faced a nightmare start to the 2015 Cheltenham Festival, as heavily backed Willie Mullins horses won their races. Day 1 at Cheltenham dealt bookmakers three mighty blows from the Mullins stable as jockey Ruby Walsh won the Sky Bet Supreme Novices Hurdles riding Douvan, the Racing Post Arkle Trophy Chase riding Un De Sceaux and the Stan James …

International payments provider Worldpay  today reveals insight into the the massive spikes in transactions Britain’s online bookies enjoy during the Cheltenham Festival. Worldpay’s data from the 2014 Festival shows that the number of transactions processed by Britain’s online bookies increased by a whopping 34.1% as racing fans rushed to place bets in the hope of a big pay out. This led to …

UK bookmakers are gearing up for four days of enticing racing at the 2015 Cheltenham Festival (10-14 March), as UK Racing’s biggest event prepares to say goodbye to champion rider AP McCoy. McCoy a Cheltenham legend with three Champion Hurdles, two Gold Cups and a Champions Chase win, will be looking to add to his festival haul for one last …

Titanbet.co.uk are giving customers a free £10 bet for every day AP McCoy rides a winner at next week’s Cheltenham Festival. The Festival will be the 19-time Champion Jockey’s last following a glittering career that has seen him triumph in three Champion Hurdles, two Gold Cups, and a Champion Chase so far. To celebrate, Titanbet.co.uk are offering his fans £10 to …

Champion Chase sponsors Betway are marking their first foray into major horse racing sponsorship by offering punters their money back if 10/3 second favourite Sire De Grugy wins next Wednesday’s showpiece at the Cheltenham Festival. The bookmaker will refund all losing stakes on win and each-way bets up to a maximum of £50 as a free bet should the defending champion triumph. …

Racing UK anticipates drama and head to head battles as it has announced the appointment of UK TV talkshow host Jeremy Kyle as the face of its The Festival campaign.  Kyle, a racehorse owner, who has horses with trainers Paul Nicholls and Nick Gifford, will spearhead Racing UK’s marketing campaign around the upcoming Cheltenham Festival (March 10-13). Racing UK broadcasts …

With just over a week until the start of the Cheltenham Festival, clerk of the course Simon Claisse has not ruled out the possibility of watering during the meeting. While Claisse is content with the current state of the ground, temperatures are set to rise towards the end of the week and with little rain forecast, the ground looks set …

Paddy Power continues to dominate the money-back offers arena, as the latest monthly report from affiliate FREEBETS.com puts the Dublin-based layer top of the rankings for March. In a month dominated by the Cheltenham Festival, alongside high-profile domestic and European football action, punters were offered some great insurance with valuable money-back offers galore. After a quiet February by recent standards, …