Cheltenham Festival: Day 1 Existing Customer Offers

The 2025 Cheltenham Festival is finally here, and our team of experts will take you through the best day 1 existing customer offers to hopefully take advantage of from various betting sites!

For a closer look at the best Cheltenham betting offers for new customers, head over to our dedicated page, which has you covered with everything you need to know.

Day 1 Existing Customer Offers

Sky Bet – Free £5 Bet on Day 1 of Cheltenham

Sky Bet are offering new and existing customers a £5 free bet to use on the Cheltenham Festival without needing to deposit. All you’ll have to do is opt in, and then choose how you want to use your £5 free bet. You can go with a single, or combine multiple selections to form one bet!

Key T&Cs: Opt in required. Cheltenham races only. Free Bet expires at 23:59 on the 11th March. Free Bet stakes not included in returns. Eligibility restrictions & T&Cs apply. 18+. GambleAware.org

Sky Bet are a great bookmaker to use for Cheltenham Festival betting, as they’re offering new customers £60 in free bets when you deposit and wager funds of just 5p on a horse racing betting market with minimum odds of 1/1 (2.0). Regardless of the outcome of that qualifying bet, you’ll be credited with the free bets on offer from this well-known operator.

Paddy Power – Eliminator

Paddy Power have recently launched their Eliminator game, which could see their existing customers win up to £250,000 if you can successfully predict all six races correctly at the first day of racing action at the Cheltenham Festival.

You’ll be required to select the required number of horses for each race, and as the rounds progress, if you’re still in the game by having one of your selections correct, you’ll be edging closer to winning a share of the £250,000 jackpot.

Key T&Cs: Free to play. Pick the winner of all 6 races to win a share of the jackpot. One entry per game. T&Cs apply.

If you’re a new customer to Paddy Power, then you can also sign up to their site with their generous sign up offer. They’re offering new customers £40 in free bets when they deposit and wager at least £10 on any race at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival that has minimum odds of 1/2 (1.50).

bet365 – Super Boost on Constitution Hill

One of the best betting sites in the business are bet365, and they’ve got their Super Boost promotion live for Day 1 of the Cheltenham Festival! They’re offering boosted odds of 6/4 on Constitution Hill to win the 2025 Champion Hurdle, which is a sizeable difference compared to the 4/6 odds they originally are offering their customers on this horse to win today.

Constitution Hill is a Cheltenham favourite, and should have more than enough quality to edge out the likes of State Man and Brighterdaysahead if they’re anywhere near their best on the big stage once again.

Key T&Cs: 18+. Super Boosts are only available to new and eligible customers. Max stake applies, singles only, subject to availability.

With the bet365 bonus code, new customers will be able to get £30 in free bets when they sign up to this operator and wager funds of £10 on a betting market with minimum odds of just 1/5 (1.20), which is much smaller of an odds requirement than other betting sites.

Virgin Bet – Money Back as a Free Bet

With Virgin Bet, you’ll be able to get your money back as a free bet if your horse loses in the Ultima Handicap Chase (2:40 Tuesday) race at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival. This could see you get up to £20 back as a free bet, but it’s important to remember that it has to be your first cash bet placed within 48 hours of the race.

The free bet can then be used at any point within seven days of being credited back into your Virgin Bet account.

Virgin Bet are also offering their new customers £20 in free bets when you deposit and bet £10 on a betting market with minimum odds of 1/2 (1.50). This is a smaller minimum odds requirement than plenty of other Cheltenham betting offers, so they’re well worth signing up to if you haven’t already.