Paddy Power Enhanced Cheltenham Specials - What's coming?

Exactly what i thought Tucho! Got to respect them for taking a view... more than most joke outfits do now.

They restrict fairly quickly but they do have the most interesting specials and were the most competitive shop based bookie for quite a while. Obviously they were a gamechanger for all the others.

if they laid a decent bet to anyone with a bit of a clue then 4/1 champagne fever wouldn't last very long

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21/1 Champagne Fever and Hurricane Fly double

Like that one... but unfortunately £18 max stake

You did well CCM - I could have a grand total of £10.64

Can't find offers on website? Where are they or has todays offer finished?

You have to text "Enhanced Cheltenham Special" + stake to 51465

Was on the site earlier, but I reckon they've been filled in on this one...

It's not that good. It's about the price the double would pay going on Betfair prices.

Just think it would tempt a lot of people to chuck a fiver at it. who may not have bothered to look at it otherwise... I know I've had mates asking me to put the bet on for them

ACStafford 18 Feb 14 20:42
It's not that good. It's about the price the double would pay going on Betfair prices.

correct but it whets the appetite

Yeah, you're probably right. Mullins hotpots on day one probably does look good to most punters.

I placed the same bet last week anyway. The fact they have out it out as a special is obviously a negative, but sticking with it,

Which race will they refund all losing bets if the banker wins on day 1? I think some of the previous ones have been the following

Cousin Vinny
Dunguib
Cue Card
Hurricane Fly

Will they stick with the FLY or maybe Vatour?

I reckon CF.

Yeah maybe ,what do you think is their primary motivation is for picking the race?They normally shorten the prices on the other contenders and make it as difficult as possible to lock in free money.
a)Highest profile race to increase exposure
b)A weak favourite: Obviously don't have to refund but doesn't the promotion tend to divert punters to other selections

Think it was Hurricane Fly was 2 years ago. Wasn't it My Tent or Yours last year? The first year they did it was Sprinter Sacre wasn't it?

Don't think they did Cousin Vinny or Dunguib, but pretty sure they were the inspiration behind the idea. Could be wrong though.

Reckon it

Think it was Hurricane Fly was 2 years ago. Wasn't it My Tent or Yours last year? The first year they did it was Sprinter Sacre wasn't it?

Don't think they did Cousin Vinny or Dunguib, but pretty sure they were the inspiration behind the idea. Could be wrong though.

Reckon it

Think it was Hurricane Fly was 2 years ago. Wasn't it My Tent or Yours last year? The first year they did it was Sprinter Sacre wasn't it?

Don't think they did Cousin Vinny or Dunguib, but pretty sure they were the inspiration behind the idea. Could be wrong though.

Reckon it will be Vautour this year.

Cousin Vinny was definitely the first one Marychain and ran like a drain,it could well have been MTOY last year

@dj876 its a great idea - even just as a face value offer they can't lose. They do it first up (definitely first day, but ideally race 1 or 2) and they either get their festival off to a brilliant start and/or they get loads of new accounts and even if they pay out loads they get most of it back over the week AND those people then don't bet with their rivals.

Yes I understand all that Marychain but what am I asking is what do you think is their primary motivation for picking a particular selection? Do you think they generally pick a selection that they're generally against anyway and then they don't have to refund but does this not then diver their punters to other selections in the race?

Divert

Motivation for picking a selection is something evens as possible + early in the festival as possible. They do so well from new accounts and publicity I don't even think they care whether it wins or loses. They certainly don't care about the position they took before the offer because it dwarves any pre-offer position they may or may not have had.

It will always be something in the Supreme, Arkle or Champion Hurdle, and the fact that it will probably go off shortest of the three races AND be in the first race makes Vautour the perfect pick this year imo.

It was HF last year and made winning money on the race easy. Only 3 horses could really win (HF, ROR and Zark) so you smashed HF and then covered ROR and Zark with PP. They were both about 5/1 the week before which gave you a free £250 bet on HF in the knowledge you broke even at worst. The max refund from PP is £100.

In 2011 it was cue card and 2012 it was sprinter Sacre

20/1 The New One and Kings Palace
19/1 Ballycasey and any Mullins Bumper Horse

taken these two

Is the latter good value?

Ballycasey 5/1 with Ladbrokes, which means you have got Mullins to win the bumper at 9/4. Skinny?

You're right, it's hardly an amazing price. But its only £5 that gives me a bit of interest in two races I haven't had mch of an antepost view in. Wouldn't be putting any serious wedge on these, they're novelty bets really, and to be honest I'm a little surprised I was allowed that much. This is the firm that restriced me to 66p each way on a cycling bet.

Can people actually get a bet on with Paddy Power??

Yes, but not anything worth putting on. Really random stake limits like £7.64 on a 2/1 double. Always check with a couple of other guys in my office who bet peanuts and don't even win and have PP accounts, and they can normally get 5-6 x as much as me on, but still pointless.

18 Days to go - 18/1 Our Conor & Bob's Worth

So really it's only mugs that have paddy power accounts and can access these mug doubles?

**** you you prick

I've learnt my lesson now to stay away from multiples at the festival.  You see potenital returns in your betslip and get carried away.  However, I would have liked some of the 24's on the Vautour/Faugheen double, which is only 14's normally.

The only double I've got on is a 200/1 one on Faugheen and Briar Hill, but like every other festival double I've done, probably only one will win.

Been keeping an eye on these last couple of days, and they're hardly setting the pulse racing.

Yesterdays was Faugheen and Annie Power (any race) - 17/1 when it would be about 15's normally
Todays is Vautour and Sire De Grugy - 16/1 when it 13.5/1 normally, so on both, only getting a couple of points.

The link is below for those who are interested, so check that each day, and no need to follow twitter or text to get your bet on

http://www.paddypower.com/bet/powerplay/cheltenham-countdown-specials?ev_oc_grp_ids=1188619

Lol only let me have £8 on what a joke should be for a min of £25 for everyone

hopefully next week they start doing singles, an extra couple of points on the price of one horse would be far more interesting

Is this 12am everyday!!

Yeah the offer is on all day, and then a new one the next etc. Ladbrokes price boost is only 15 mins between 1:45 and 2pm each day. Their one today was TDS in the Jewson boosted to 12's. Not one for me.

Their other ones have been really good though. Ballycasey 10's I think, Red Sherlock 10's, Irving 8's. Better than the PP ones but you don't have much time to get on.

This 16/1 on Vautour and Sire De Grugy is still availalbe if anyone is interested, because of the Sprinter drift.

What was only 2pts bigger than a normal double, it is now about 6 points bigger because SDG's price has contracted a lot, but the offer is the same.

Seems to have vanished now

Yeah, just checked.  I managed to get the bet on at about 6:30, so they've only taken it down in the last hour or so.  Double is only 10/1 now, so if Vautour wins, I'll be laying the cr@p out of SDG; especially if he goes off around 6/4 like he is now.

Todays one is Sire De Grugy and Conti double @ 15/1

Today's is Irving and Big Bucks at 14/1 - 4 points bigger than if you were to put them on a normal double

Not to bad, especially with concerns about Vautour, and it is not antepost rules, so if one doesn't run, it just goes on the SP of the other one, and if neither run the bet is void.

Might have a little bit.

I might have a little bit too - the emphasis well and truly on 'little bit'...

Just added this to the betslip and clicked 'bet max' - I can have anything up to 53p on this double!!!

lol only let me have £4 lol joke paddy

Haha, they let me have £11, which is about what I'd have put on it anyway

Haha,They let me have £2 on today's bet,WHAT A JOKE PADDY POWER,When Cheltenham is over good bye,yet to get an e-mail back yet about it,Will post what they send me lol

PP Going n/r  money back on all races at cheltenham from thursday, also money back if your horse finishes 2nd,3nd, or 4th inthe supreme novices hurdle, 50max   this special start in ireland tomorrow so im sure its in the u.k.also.

Irving 9/4NRNB & with money back if he's 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Taken that to the maximum on the offer

That sounds a cracking bet to me, might take the 3/1 Vautour instead though. Can't see him being outside the first 4??

It is a phenomenal offer. Thought the value was definitely to play the front two in the market. If you assume Irving is around a 4/6 shot first four places, maybe a fair bit shorter it is a great chance of getting your money back.

They'll surely struggle to attract bets on anything but the top three or four in the market with an offer like this.

Today's enhanced double - Champagne Fever / Bob's Worth at 12/1 - my maximum stake is 21p now! They won't even lay it to lose £3.

Max refund £50 though regardless of your max bet (if it is over £50). Good offer though if you can get on more than the 21p above

You can go into more than one shop

These offers are available in shops too? I'm guessing the Supreme one isn't.

I HAD A BET on the surpreme this morning AC in a PP SHOP NO PROBLEM.

yes the offer is available in the shops. Don't worry about your restrictions and just go to the local.

Nice. I'll definitely be in there some time next week then.

**** will be non-runner no bet on all Cheltenham races from 8am on Friday.

10 days to go til Cheltenham - Corrin Wood 10/1 for the RSA

Not sure how "special" going one point higher than B365 is?? Haven't backed the horse but certainly wouldn't write him off.

Today is the first time one of these offers has coincided with a bet I was going to have. I have been looking at the Arkle and come to the conclusion that Dodging Bullets is the one for me, and I was hoping that someone would do an enhanced price. Sure enough, PP have gone 8/1 for today only, although the maximum they'd let me have was £20.

24/1 Vautour/Faugheen worked well.
Also took the 16/1 Sire de Grugy/Silviniaco Conti double, which means I can now lump on Bob's Worth with a lovely bit of cover. In fact, I will be placing the money that double would return all on Bob's Worth.

Thought I'd bump this thread up again.

Paddy's "Cheltmental" bets are back.

Today's is 23 days to go, so 23/1 for the Don Cossack and The New One double for those interested.

Nice one WC. Forgot about these. Can't bear to look back at the 24/1 double from last season as I tried to back it but missed the boat

No probs mate.  Would have liked that myself!

I only did two of these last year I think - The SDG and Vautour one at 16's and the Iriving and Big Bucks one, so won one and lost one.  I'll be keeping my eye out for them, because if they do put up two you like, they do offer a bit of value, as they are usually around 4 or 5 points bigger than the normal double.

I'll be leaving the Don Cossack - New One alone though.

Definitely. Is there a max stake do you know? I can't remember...

I just put this years one in my bet basket to test it, and I was allowed £11.10, but it probably varies from customer to customer.  If I remember correctly I could get about a tenner on them last year.  Some on here complained about that, but I'd only ever put a tenner on that type of bet anyway.

Just scrolled through their twitter page, and yesterdays one was 24/1 on Annie Power, Conti and Peace & Co.  I'd want at least double that to think of having a go!

Was wondering what the 24/1 one was... Agree. No interest whatsoever!

Fair enough I suppose... Can't blame them for limiting the stakes. It's a decent offer and a good bit of fun if you can find one you like.

They'll go 6/4 UDS.

22 days to go.

22/1 L'Ami Serge/Vautour

Top price on this double is just under 17/1 normally.

Had a go at that.... max stake £9.99!

I had a go at that one too, but only a fiver.  Might do 5 or 6 of them.

I reckon Vautour, Conti and Peace and Co will feature in a lot of them.

We're do u find them at on the app

Rocky, I normally just check their twitter account between midday and 1pm because that's when they put them up. There's a link you can click on which takes you to the specials bit on their site.

I think they only last a few hours before they take them down.

Horrible mob who advertise bets and take buttons. I'm not sure how they get a bookies licence.

tbf it's obviously aimed at the recreational punter, no firm is going to take hundreds of pounds on an enhanced price bet.

21/1 on Douvan/Zarkandar today. I make that the 2nd time Douvan has appeared, he was in the 25/1 special, what do they know!?

It was the same last year tucho. They decided to take on Vautour, sire de grugy and champagne fever because they were in over half of them one way or another.

I like these bets. A fiver a go and a bit of fun.

They try to make out they know  the Mullins targets offer big odds in the other races but try backing one for decent money they won't take it ask you to come back.

Placed a bet last summer on Hunt Cup 2nd ante post waited 20 minutes for it to be accepted and then  firstly tried to pay out at Sp then wanted to take a rule 4. Give them a FOTB licence and get them out of racing. Giving them the £5 or £10  business just encourages them to  build their FOTB empire which is their real aim.

Tell me a bookies that is any different though Hussard? Paddy are one of the better outfits in my dealings. They all limit but compare them to the likes of Laddies, Betfred, Bet £3.65, Hills. Those lot are a joke. Laddies are easily the worst in my eyes.

Looks like Betfair are getting in on the countdown theme too.

For BF 21 days to go = The New One / Conti - 21/1 (generally 15 and 16/1 for the double at current prices)

Betfair's 20 days to go, 20/1 one is

Lami Serge, UDS and Faugheen.

PP 20 days to go:

Kings Palace and Peace & Co both to win 20/1

Decent one imo

It's only 1.5 points bigger than Coral. Suppose if you fancy em every little helps.

Betfair arent NRNB for these is that right?

Yeah Gaz.  PP ones are all NRNB, but the Betfair ones are antepost rules I think.

not exactly giving it way then eh?

Do betfair just copy everything PP do or how exactly does it work?

today's bf sportsbook is fairly poor

18/1 on UDS, Faugheen and Dodging Bullets

Cheers CCM.

Boyles are another copy cat now, and they're doing a countdown too, but from what I've seen they're worse than PP and Betfair.

Their 18/1 is Sprinter and Kings Palace.  This is 21.5/1 as a normal double with PP.

Apalling outfit Spoilsports!

Only 2 winning specials this year, 18/1 on UDS/Faugheen/Dodging Bullets and 3/1 Peace and Co.

Place a point on all 26 days, and you'd have been down 2 points I think.

Can't find last years fred, so this one will do!

First one out today:

25 days to go - Melon, On The Fringe and Unowhatimeanharry all to win 25/1

Seems decent enough.

Had a quick look at oddschecker, you can get 25/1 with loads of books. Highest is Stan James at 28/1.

Not such an enhanced special after all then!

Enhanced special

How can you people get bets on with PP . You must all be losers !!

24/1 for a Vautour Faugheen double


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