2008 Cheltenham Festival: Betting odds to win Cheltenham Gold Cup

The Cheltenham Festival is upon us and we have the latest betting odds on the 2008 Gold Cup race. For those who are just getting into betting on horse racing, the Cheltenham Festival is the most prestigious meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom and comes second in race prize money after the Grand National. It is an event where many of the best British and Irish trained horses race against each other, the extent of which is relatively rare during the rest of the season.

In order to best accommodate bettors from the U.K. and the rest of the world alike, we will look at the best betting odds on the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup offered by two online bookmakers. Starting with the U.K. licensed online sportsbook Bet365 (official website, no U.S. punters), where we have two clear favorites - Kauto Star with odds to win the Gold Cup at 1/1 and Denman listed with odds to win the Cheltenham at 11/8. Big money could be made with any other horse, besides these two favorites. Third in odds at the British bookmaker to win the Gold Cup race comes Exotic Dancer at 10/1, followed by Neptune Collonges with odds 20/1, and then Star De Mohaison and Halcon Genelardais, who share odds of 25/1. The biggest underdog at the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup is Contraband at 500/1.

The betting odds on the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup at the North American sportsbook BodogLife (official racebook, no Canadian bettors) are only slightly different. Britons could opt out to get a little more bang for their buck with the odds on the favorite horse Kauto Star, who is holding odds to win the Gold Cup race of 11/10 at this bookmaker. The odds on the second most likely winner, Denman, are posted at 3/2. Exotic Dancer pays out on 12/1, Neptune Collonges got the whopping odds of 33/1, the same odds are offered on Star De Mohaison, but Halcon Genelardais edges them with odds to win the 2008 Gold Cup at 28/1.

Published on 03/07/2008