Check out the best Cheltenham Festival tipsters 2024 as the biggest week in the National Hunt racing calendar is finally upon us.
When Is The 2024 Cheltenham Festival?
The 2024 Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday 12th March, taking place over four days with the final day of action on Friday 15th March.
With it being such a huge event for horse racing fans, many punters may wish to follow popular tipsters so we are listing some of the best ones below.
Top 10 Best Cheltenham Festival Tipsters 2024 (In No Particular Order)
10. Tony Calvin (Betfair)
Tony Calvin is widely regarded as one of the most respected tipsters around and has been involved in the business for over 25 years.
He worked at the Racing Post for 12 years before joining Betfair where he previously was Head Of Media, but now is their horse racing expert and main tipster.
Calvin will have his selections and thoughts up every night of the week for the next day, with full previews of every race and much more.
9. Andy Holding (Oddschecker)
Another veteran of the game, Andy Holding is one of the most respected horse racing tipsters there is, which has led to him being nicknamed “The Pundit’s Pundit”.
His valuable insight is available to read every day for the 2024 Cheltenham Festival, where he will have a select amount of tips.
Holding also produces his own speed figures and selectional times for every flat and jumps meeting in the UK and Ireland.
8. Matt Chapman (Paddy Power)
Matt Chapman is hugely popular amongst horse racing fans, due to his involvement with AtTheRaces and ITV Racing. He also posts tips daily and weekly on the Paddy Power blog.
He’ll be providing tips every day for the Cheltenham Festival and he will be sure to have plenty following his bets.
With connections to lots of top UK stables, Chapman could be worth having on your side for the week-long meeting at Cheltenham
7. Leonna Mayor (William Hill)
Former jockey Leonna Mayor has been known for landing plenty of NAPs and best bets over the past few years on her William Hill blogs, and when reporting on AtTheRaces.
She’s one who knows her stuff and isn’t afraid of a big price. This was demonstrated last year at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival when she tipped up Sire Du Berlais @ 33/1 in the Stayers’ Hurdle.
Leonna will be back again this year with a NAP and NB on every day of the festival.
6. Templegate/Steve Mullen (Sun Sport)
Steve Mullen (Templegate) has been with the Sun’s head horse racing tipster for a number of years now after taking over from Steve Jones.
Mullen has been involved in the racing industry for over 35 years now and is one of the most read horse racing tipsters in Britain, putting his selections up every day in the Sun newspaper.
Being a former editor of the “Racing Ahead” magazine and also working at Raceform, there’s not many with more knowledge in this field than Templegate.
5/4. Rory Delargy and David Massey (Sporting Life)
Popular duo Rory Delargy and David Massey form the Sporting Life horse racing tipster team and they head into the Cheltenham Festival in good form after 12/1 and 8/1 winners over the weekend.
Both men have been involved with the sport from a young age and have years of experience picking out horses, smashing it between themselves since partnering up for SL.
With over 50 winners between them for 2024 so far, they’ll hope to add to their tally at the Cheltenham Festival with their tips found on the website every day.
3. Alex Hammond (Sky Sports Racing/Sporting Life)
Alex Hammond is often found presenting on Sky Sports Racing, and also provides a column on Sporting Life whilst being one of the best tipsters around.
She has a steady record for producing “Daily Double” wins and has all of her selections up for the whole of the Cheltenham Festival on Sporting Life, so it could pay to stick with her.
Hammond has been working in racing media now for a good few years and is respected by many.
2. Steve Jones (Mirror/Racing TV)
Steve Jones is a long standing horse racing tipster with over 30 years of experience in the game, and is best known in recent times for his “value scope” columns in the Mirror newspaper.
He has a keen eye for each-way betting and big priced horses so would not hurt to throw some spare change on some of his outsider selections at the Cheltenham Festival.
Jones knows just about everything there is to know about horses and is by far one of the most experienced on our list.
1. Robin Goodfellow (Daily Mail)
Robin Goodfellow is head of horse racing tips at the Daily Mail and has been their in-house expert for a while now. He will be providing Cheltenham Festival tips all throughout the week as well as bonus selections at other meetings.
Goodfellow is often select with his tips, but gives advice and insight on most races daily, so detailed analysis of every Cheltenham Festival race is expected.
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