Cheltenham Festival Insight & Tips 2018 Back in 2013, a young student, based at Trinity College had just set-up his first racing blog and tipped what would turn out to be every winner for the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. This lucky lad, called Tom from Kilkenny, put together a series of selections with odds totalling over 20,000 — 1, and they all came in! Since then, Tom has gone on to land a job working with the marketing department at Paddy Power. However, his selections haven’t yet lived up to those he first placed on his blog. All punters dream of hitting it big and nowhere is that more the case than with the Cheltenham Festival each year. With a little over two months to the start of this year's Festival the betting for many of the top races have already taken shape and leading bookmakers Paddy Power and Bet365 are now offering non-runner no-bet (NRNB) for ante-post wagers on the four Championship races — Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers' Hurdle and Gold Cup. For a focused analysis on possible Cheltenham Festival winners, check out the Cheltenham Festival page over at The Winners Enclosure. You’ll not only find tips but insight in to the day itself; where to park, race times, daily Cheltenham Festival previews and much, much more. The Tips So, who’ll be taking the Cheltenham Festival glory in 2018? Many of the leading contenders have blotted their copybooks in recent weeks with below par performances from the likes of Our Duke, Sizing John and Faugheen. That said, all three are still in contention for Festival honours and it would not be a great surprise to see them all make it to the Cotswolds in mid-March with live chances. With the NRNB concession now is not a bad time to speculate on the Championship races as there may well be value in current odds being offered about the uncertain starters. If Faugheen or Sizing John were to get back on track with smooth victories over the coming weeks their odds will tumble. Here are some early Tips for the big races — Day 1, on the Champion Hurdle we’d be putting our money on Faugheen Day 2, for the Champions Chase our money would be on Altior Day 3, in the Stayers Hurdles we fancy Apples Jade
