Cheltenham Festival offer: Bet £10 get £20 free bets on Sporting Index

The Cheltenham Festival gets underway on Tuesday, March 12 and it's set to be a fantastic renewal of the biggest jumps festival!

And SportingIndex are offering new customers who bet £10 on the racing action, £20 in free bets!

There's already been drama before the off with big news that both favourites Constitution Hill is out of the Champion Hurdle and Marine Nationale is out of contention to run in the Arkle.

It leaves the Arkle wide open but the Champion Hurdle looks set to be won by Willie Mullins-trained State Man.

There's no doubt a few favourites will win this year and one of the main factors can also be the ground and the going.

Usually around March it's soft or heavy with rain plaguing at least one of the days. But forecasts do indicate that it could be fairly dry, giving the good ground jumps horses a real chance to make an impression.

That may not benefit a few Irish horses coming over but it's hard to see the likes of El Fabiolo fail to win the Champion Chase, Lossiemouth to win the Mares' Hurdle, or Galopin Des Champs to win the feature Cheltenham Gold Cup.

There aren't that many heavy odds-on prices anymore but there are still a few strong favourites - like Brighterdaysahead for trainer Gordon Elliott in the Ryanair Mares' Novices' Hurdle on the Thursday.

But there's more value on offer for the strong looking Jade De Grugy, trained by Mullins or the impressive and also unbeaten Dysart Enos trained by Fergal O'Brien.

• Place a qualifying £10 fixed odds bet at odds of 1/2 or greater. Qualifying bet cannot be placed in-play or cashed out early.
• A first free £10 fixed odds bet will be credited upon settlement of the qualifying bet.
• The second free £10 fixed odds bets will be added to your account on the following day.
• Free bets must be claimed within 28 days of opening. Free bet stake not included in any winnings. Ts&Cs Apply. 18+ begambleaware.org

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*Place a qualifying £10 fixed odds bet at odds of 1/2 or greater. Qualifying bet cannot be placed in-play or cashed out early. A first free £10 fixed odds bet will be credited upon settlement of the qualifying bet. The second free £10 fixed odds bets will be added to your account on the following day. Free bets must be claimed within 28 days of opening. Free bet stake not included in any winnings. Ts&Cs Apply. 18+ begambleaware.org