Many of us are counting down the days until the start of next week's Cheltenham Festival and bet365 customers are enjoying the 'Non-Runner, No Bet' promotion available on every race.

The highlight race of the week is set to be the Gold Cup on Friday, with Kauto Star an even money chance to retain his crown. However, young pretender Denman is many people's fancy to power past the champion at 11/8.

Meanwhile, bet365 have seen plenty of interest in their Champion Hurdle market, where Sizing Europe is a 2/1 chance and last year's winner Sublimity is proving popular at 4/1.

In a less-known race at Cheltenham next week, there's been a big gamble on Group Captain in the Ballymore Properties Novices Hurdle. The Alan King-trained horse is an 11/2 chance with bet365, after a swarm of money coming for the former flat horse in the past fortnight.