Horse Racing Bookmakers Offers In The UK

This is our guide to making the most of the horse racing bookmaker offers that are available online today. We will look at some of the best horse racing betting offers for new and existing customers that have a passion for betting on horse racing in the UK.

How do you choose where to place your bets on the horses? In most cases punters tend to stick with just the one bookie, but we feel to get the best value you need to search around to find the best prices and betting offers. This is where we come in as we have only reputable online bookmakers on our site. So you can be sure when you do have a bet on the racing your money is safe.

We have narrowed the list to our top 5 bookmakers that offer decent odds and promotions for both existing and new sign-ups.

Want the latest bookie offers and you are an enthusiast of horse racing then today’s racing offers will grab your attention. Whether you are a new customer or an existing one you will surely find one that tickles your fancy.

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Horse racing comes hand in hand with a series of betting offers which are specific to the sport.

Enhanced Odds
Enhanced odds are specific promotions designed to entice both new and regular bettors. You can get significantly more attractive odds on a certain horse to win the race, although these are typically limited aimed at customers that want to open a new account and the offers are usually limited to smaller stakes. Some bookmakers do offer these to existing customers on a recurring basis and you will find these here on Betting Offers.

Ante Post
Ante Post Betting is the name for bets that are placed well in advance of a race. Sometimes months prior and are usually for the big races that take place. For instance the Derby, Grand National and most Group races on the flat or Graded races over the jumps. In the case your horse does not run in a particular event in which it was selected, then the bet will be counted as a loss, and not refunded.

Non Runner No Bet
This simply means that if your selected horse does not run in the race which you have placed a bet then your betting stake will be refunded to you. This can apply to Ante Post bets that are staked nearer to the time of the race, but it is usually at the bookmakers discretion.

Best Odds Guaranteed
This is a type of promotion offered by almost all bookmakers where, if you take out an early price on an event in this case a horse race, and the odds for that bet then improve at the off, you will receive a payout at the more favourable odds of the Starting Price, abbreviated to the SP.

Fallers Insurance
This type of betting market is open only to National Hunt races where there are obstacles either fences or hurdles. Essentially, you can elect to receive less favourable odds in exchange for having your wager returned in cases where your horse falls or the jockey is unseated. For other various offers you can check this site out.

When placing your bets on horse racing, there are a variety of types of bet you can place. To help you get started, here is a simple guide to the main betting markets.

Win
As the name suggests, this is simply choosing a specific horse to win the race. Bookmakers obviously know that certain horses that have previous good form or pedigree will be favourites, and set their odds accordingly. So the longer the odds in the eyes of the bookies the less chance of it winning. But the rewards are far greater than picking an odds on winner.

Each Way
An each way bet is actually two bets in one. The first is a bet for your horse to win the race outright, and the second is for it to place (to come within a certain group of places near the top).

Your wager is divided in two, between these two bets, and subject to two different sets of odds. Your horse can come in second or third, in which case you will lose the wager to win outright, but will get money for placing.

Place Only
You can win this if you correctly predict a horse coming within the selected amount of places in a race. The lower risk is reflected in lower odds & returns.

Single
A single bet is a bet upon a single horse. These types of bets can be either a win or an each way bet.

Double
A double is a single bet where you will predict the outcome of two results in two different racing events. You will need both selections to win to ensure a payout.

Treble
Continuing the theme, a treble is a bet this time on three different outcomes in three different races, and again, you must correctly predict a win in each race in order to get your payout.

Forecast Bet (aka Straight Forecast / Reverse Forecast)
A straight forecast bet is one in which you predict the first and second horses to finish a race in the correct order. You can also do a reverse forecast where you pick two selections to finish first or second in any order. But this will cost you twice the stake.

Tricast / Tricaster Bet
Following on from a forecast, a tricast bet is one in which the bettor predicts the first, second and third finishers in a particular race. It applies to horse racing, but can also apply to other sports such as dog racing. You can also do a combination tricast where you still pick three selections to finish in any order as long as they are all in the first three. This bet though will cost you six times the stake of a normal tricast bet.

Betting Without / Without The Favourite
This is a type of bet where you can bet without the favourite. So for example, if you bet on a horse, and it comes in second, while the favourite comes in first, you will still be payed out as a winning bet. Typically though the odds will be far shorter if the favourite is at short odds.

Accumulator Bets / ‘Acca’
As the name suggests, accumulator bets are where you bet on a number of outcomes, but all of these must come in for you to enjoy a winning return. These work cumulatively, so the wins from the first bet are placed on the second, and so on.

Lucky 15
This quirky but popular bet type involves a combination of a four singles, six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold. Only one of your bets must win to guarantee a return, which is what makes it so attractive to punters. Similar to this betting type, you can also wager on the Yankee, Lucky 31, and Lucky 63.

Totepool Betting
Totepool betting is a form of betting in which you pool your bet winnings, and they are divided evenly depending upon how many winners there are.

A common Totepool bet is one in which you predict the placing of a horse in the first six events of a race. This type of betting is popular because it can produce good returns for a relatively small stake.

The UK is world famous for its selection of big horse racing events, a favourite of bettors around the globe. And while you may be aware of some of the bigger names like Royal Ascot and the Grand National at Aintree, there are quite a few major meetings that make up the annual calendar.

Below we have assembled a curated list of some of the best events that take place in the United Kingdom and Ireland across the year.

Cheltenham Festival (March)
The Cheltenham Festival is one of the biggest names in the horse racing calendar, and takes place in March each year in Cheltenham, Gloucester, UK, with a large prize fund, and millions of pounds spent on the outcome, by gamblers from around the world.

It also attracts a large Irish following with some of the biggest Irish trainers bringing over their equine stars to plunder the titles and prize money on offer. It does help that it is generally hosted close to St. Patricks Day where we all know the Irish celebrate in wild fashion.

With origins that date back to 1860, it is a National Hunt event comprising of 28 races which take place over 4 days, culminating in the famous Gold Cup race, which happens on the Friday.

Grand National
The Grand National is the biggest betting event in the UK horse racing calendar, a 3 day event that takes place at Aintree, Liverpool, in April of each year. It is a handicap steeplechase, which takes place over 4 miles and 2 furlongs, with 30 fences, and two laps – a tough test for competitors. It also has the biggest field of any horse race with no few than 40 runners making it a fantastic spectator event.

With a significant prize fund of £1 million, it always attracts a TV audience of 600 million viewers.

Royal Ascot
The five day event is one of the biggest names in the racing calendar, and takes place in June each year, with an attendance of around 300,000 over the course of the week, and attendees including the Queen and other members of the Royal Family.

The Gold Cup is the big race at the event, and takes place on Thursday, with the horses competing for a purse of £500,000.

Goodwood
‘Glorious Goodwood’ is a major horse racing festival that takes place in late July through to August. Not to be confused with the racetrack, the Goodwood estate is host to this major flat racing event in Chichester, West Sussex.

Goodwood hosts 3 major races during the festival: The Sussex Stakes, the Goodwood Cup and the Nassau Stakes, which are 3 of the 36 thoroughbred ‘Group 1’ races that take place in the UK.

Big Races Around The World

There are other huge racing events that take place around the world and two of the biggest can be seen below.

Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a well-known horse race that takes place in Louisville, Kentucky, at the Kentucky Derby Festival, in which 20 horses participate on the Churchill Downs racetrack, for the chance to win part of a $3 million prize fund.

The event enjoys the biggest attendance of any race in North America, and can trace its beginnings back to 1875.

Melbourne Cup
This race is the culmination of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, and takes place over 3.2km, at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, during November each year. It is a handicap race aimed at horses three years and over, and enjoys a prize fund of AUZ $8 million.

The first race was held in 1861, and is one of the richest races in the world.

Types of Horse Racing

Flat Racing
Flat racing in the UK is a type of horse racing that takes place over a distance from 5 furlongs, up to 3 miles. Unlike National Hunt racing, there are no obstacles to contend with, and it is instead a test of the speed or stamina of the horses depending on the distance, and the skill of their respective jockeys.

It is the more popular and well remunerated of the two types of racing, with bigger prize funds, and races taking place around the world.

In the UK and Ireland, it takes place after the winter racing season, during the summer period. Famous flat races include ‘Classic’ races like the 1,000 Guineas Stakes, Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes. Although with the introduction of All-Weather tracks flat racing can be enjoyed all year round. With tracks like Southwell, Lingfield, Kempton and Newcastle proving popular with the fans

National Hunt Racing
National Hunt racing, is also referred to as ‘jumps racing’ or Steeplechasing, and consists of longer races, with obstacles such as steeplechases, fences and, in some cases, ditches, at regular intervals during the race. These add a different dimension and are more popular in the UK, Ireland and France, than the rest of the world.

The most well known National Hunt racing events are the Cheltenham Gold Cup which takes place at the Cheltenham Festival in March, and the Aintree Grand National, which happens in April.