
As with many races featuring a huge field at Cheltenham, the William Hill National Hunt Handicap Chase can throw up a surprise as was the case in 2007 when Joes Edge won at odds of 50/1. In general since 2000 the odds of the winner for this race went off at under 10/1 and this suggests that mostly one of the leading players comes out on top, so in general a William Hill Handicap tip is to check out the first few in the betting.
History also suggests that favourites do not have a great record as we have to go back to 1994 to find the last favourite to win this race and this was Antonin who won at odds of 4/1.
With the horses running over three miles in this event stamina is obviously the key characteristic to look for in your selection and as always try to look for a horse that can act on the going that day.
The odds for this race usually do not take shape until the last couple of weeks before the race as trainers plans are not finalised until quite late. We will be putting up our William Hill Handicap Chase odds when the online bookmakers start to offer prices
Taking a look back to the form of last years winner An Accordian and second place New Alco, they only ran 3-4 races in the build up to their Cheltenham festival race and you can get all the information on the form of the leading candidates in our William Hill Handicap Chase form section.
We shall be displaying the 2009 William Hill Handicap Chase result as soon as the race is run and this will be added to our William Hill Chase previous winners roll of honour
2008 An Accordion D Pipe 7/1
2007 Joes Edge F Murphy 50/1
2006 Dun Doire A Martin 7/1
2005 Kelami F Doumen 8/1
2004 Fork Lightening A King 7/1
2003 Youlneverwalkalone C Roche 7/1
2002 Frenchman’s Creek H Morrison 8/1
We shall also be looking to put up our William Hill Chase tip near to the first day of the Festival and this will be following out review of our form guide
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When the racing starts in March many of the listed bookmakers on our site provide special betting markets and cashback offers. As soon as these are revealed we will be adding them to our site to ensure you have all the latest Cheltenham offers at your disposal.

We are delighted to announce we will be featuring horse racing betting tips from the channel four presenter Tom Lee. Our resident racing tipster appears on Channel 4 and RTE in Ireland. Tom Lee Cheltenham Festival Tips will be supported with opinions and views from our editorial team.
On this section you can get an overview of the card for each day of the festival. In addition we have previewed each race with all the form, tips and odds to assist you in backing a Cheltenham Festival winner.

We now have the latest antepost betting odds for the main Cheltenham Festival 2009 races. These odds are updated regularily to ensure that you in touch with all the market moves in the build up to the festival.
All the bookmakers will be putting up Special Offers on top of their Cheltenham Festival free bets for the festival. Generally you can get extra value with various cashback offers should your horse finish second or if it falls which are just a couple of the different types of offers you will find on this site during the Cheltenham Festival Races.
For those of you who do not have accomodation or tickets we have some useful tips to assist you in having a great week at Prestbury Park the home of National Hunt racing.

The Irish arrive in their thousands to participate in the biggest racing festival in the World. Each year the Irish enjoy having a punt and more than a few glasses of Guinness during festival week.