Cheltenham 2026: A free bet offer, tips and insight every day of the Festival

• Best bets and expert insight for Cheltenham Festival 2026 

• Tips every day from Katie Midwinter, Sam Turner and more

• Cheltenham legends Rachael Blackmore and Paul Nicholls

• For the latest Betfair Racing odds click here

• Bet £10 get £10 on racing multiples every weekend up to Cheltenham

• Betfair are offering Non-Runner No Bet at Cheltenham!

The 2026 Cheltenham Festival is just around the corner and we have everything you need for a winning week. from offers to tips to insight we lay it all out for you. Read on to see what Betfair and the Betting.Betfair website has in store at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival...

Our free bet offer for 2026 Cheltenham 

Wabt a free bet offer for the Cheltenham Festival? On Betfair, all customers can get stuck into our generous Bet £10 Get £10 offer - a free bet up to a tenner for any racing multiple placed on the sportsbook. That's running right through Cheltenham week.

And we haven't forgotten footy punters either - the same offer runs for the Champions League action on March 10 and 11.

To get you on your way with winning tips we will be unleashing the full arsenal of tipping talent across both racing and football in what is a huge week for both sports.

The best Cheltenham Festival tips from Betfair

Every day you will get the best racing singles and each-way plays from Katie Midwinter and Sam Turner. And on Friday Katie will be running through all the runners and riders in the week's highlight event, the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

For punters looking to play the Bet £10 Get £10 offer, Alan Dudman will be recommending a range of racing multiples every day of the Festival.

We will also have Timeform tipping talent in the form of their senior horse racing analyst Mark Milligan, who will scour the markets for best betting value every day.

And his mates at Timeform will also bring their best three plays too.

Every tipster will be putting up a Nap selection each day and you can find a tip for every race in our daily Cheltenham Festival cheat sheet.

Cheltenham winners Nicholls and Blackmore exclusive to Betfair

Want real racing insight? We have that too with Betfair ambassador Paul Nicholls, trainer of 50 Cheltenham winners, rating his runners on every day of the Festival, including long-time Turners Novices' Hurdle favourite No Drama This End on Wednesday and strong contender Regent's Stroll in Thursday's Jack Richards Novices Handicap Chase.

Our other racing ambassador Rachael Blackmore knows about winning at Cheltenham, too. The 2022 Gold Cup winning jockey, who was also aboard two winners at last year's Festival will be revealing what it takes to win each day's key race and which horse has the best chance of doing that as well as an angle on the key Irish runners.

Cheltenham days and Champions League nights

And while we have Cheltenham during the day we have Champions League in the evening with all eight last 16 fixtures.

All six Premier League teams are in action with some top-class fixtures including Newcastle v Barcelona, PSG v Chelsea and Real Madrid v Manchester City.

We will cover all eight Champions League fixtures with match previews and tipsheets as well as the midweek Championship action in what is going to be a blockbuster week of sport.

Bookmark our Cheltenham 2026 blog for the best tips every day of the Festival