Which bookies offer Non-Runner No Bet on the Cheltenham Festival?
NRNB means that, in the event of your selection being a non-runner, your bet will be voided and your stake will be returned to you. In contrast, a standard ante-post bet would be settled as a loser.
There are many reasons why a horse may not run in a particular race:
It may be stricken by sickness, injury or bad form
It may have been entered in more than one race at Cheltenham so its connections can keep their options open about which race to target
It may not qualify for the race. For example, there are only a limited number of runners in the handicap fields and priority is given to the highest-rated horses (unless there are other conditions to the race).
Bookmakers started to offer Non-Runner No Bet to get the more casual bettor invested in ante-post betting, which creates a real buzz ahead of the Festival. However, the odds will be lower than those in the standard ante-post markets.
Which bookmakers are Non-Runner No Bet on the Cheltenham Festival?
Assessing the Non-Runner No Bet bookmakers
William Hill
William Hill was the first bookmaker to offer Non-Runner No Bet this year, as it has been in recent years, and it is offering it for all 28 races at next month's Cheltenham Festival.
Often, bookmakers will offer NRNB for specified races only but William Hill threw down the gauntlet on New Year's Day and announced it would apply to all races. This must have been a challenge for the traders to price up following all the great racing over the festive period.
If you don't have a William Hill account and want to take advantage of NRNB, then this is the current welcome offer available:
bet365
Not to be outdone, bet365 swiftly followed suit and matched William Hill's NRNB promotion two weeks after the latter opened.
Initially, their traders will have welcomed the news this was only being made available on five championship races at the Festival: the Champion Hurdle (Tuesday), Champion Chase (Wednesday), Ryanair Chase (Thursday), Stayers' Hurdle (Thursday) and Gold Cup (Friday). However, as of January 28 they have gone NRNB on all 28 races.
If you don't have a bet365 account and want to take advantage of NRNB, then this is the current welcome offer available:
Sky Bet
Sky Bet began to offer the NRNB promotion as of 9am on Friday January 17, applying it to all 28 races across the four days of the Festival.
The particular hard task that Sky Bet would have shared with William Hill is pricing up the races for which the fields have yet to take shape, such as the big handicaps and the Champion Bumper.
If you don't have a Sky Bet account and want to take advantage of NRNB, then this is the current welcome offer available:
Where NRNB can be used for Cheltenham 2025
Brighterdaysahead for NRNB backers?
One way you could use NRNB to your advantage is if you think that Brighterdaysahead, trained by Gordon Elliott, will win the Mares' Hurdle on the opening day.
Her connections have a history of targeting this race even with runners who have the quality to challenge in the Champion Hurdle. Last year's winner of the Mares' Hurdle, Lossiemouth. still holds an entry for the race this year, which is propping up Brighterdaysahead price of 4/7 (with Sky Bet), but Lossiemounth, trained by Willie Mullins, is more likely to line up in the Champion Hurdle.
If Brighterdaysahead contests the Mares' Hurdle, it is very unlikely that you will get better odds than 4/7 on the day, and if connections have a change of heart and give her a chance in the Champion Hurdle, you will get your stake back in full.
Distance dilemma for Impaire Et Passe
Another Mullins horse with great potential has a dilemma ahead of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival. Impaire Et Passe has won on both chasing starts over 2m 5½f at Fairyhouse and 2m 3½f at Limerick, but the two Grade 1 novice chases at the Festival are over 2m and 3m, so the seven-year-old must either step up or down in trip.
If you are of the opinion that the gelding will thrive over the shorter trip in the Arkle, which is more than conceivable given races on day one can be run at an adrenaline-fuelled frantic pace, teeing it up for a better stayer to come into the contest late – then 7/1 (with Sky Bet) NRNB would be a logical bet. This would mean you would get your stake back if he was then put into the longer trip.
If you are of the opposite opinion to the above then the reverse applies, making 6/1 (with Sky Bet) NRNB for the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase the preferred choice.
Which bookmakers will offer Non-Runner No Bet next?
It's important to keep up to date with which bookmakers are offering Non-Runner No Bet, as more are sure to go live with the offer in the weeks leading up to the Festival.
BoyleSports, Betfair and Paddy Power are three bookies that offered the promotion in 2024, but have not yet announced if or when they will do so for 2025, so keep your eyes peeled for updates.
Prices will vary between bookmakers, so also ensure you keep up to date with which operators are running Non-Runner No Bet in order to get the best possible price for your ante-post selection.
We will endeavour to update our readers as soon as any other operators announce that they will be offering this promotion. With NRNB becoming more and more popular it is likely a record number will adopt it closer to the start of the 2025 Festival, so keep checking this page for more information.
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