2024 Gallagher Novices' Hurdle 4 Places Each Way

Update 08:30GMT 13.3.24: Due to the relatively short field, the standard each-way terms for the Gallacher Novices Hurdle will be 3 places each way, 1/5 odds in 2024.

An excellent alternative is to use bet365’s Each Way Extra facility which allows you to choose up to 4 places each way at the Gallacher Novices Hurdle. Each Way Extra gives you the option to increase or decrease the number of places in a race when you are betting Each Way on selected Horse Races at bet365.

• When you use Each Way Extra you can add places to your Each Way Horse Racing bets and take a reduced price or remove places and increase the odds on your selection.
• The number of Each Way Extra places offered on a race can be viewed on the Each Way Extra coupon or on the bet slip.
  Each Way Extra bets will not be eligible for bet365 Price Promise, Best Odds Guaranteed, ITV Racing 4/1 Offer or Feature Race 4/1 Offer, except where a new or eligible customer selects place terms that match the standard Win and Each Way market for that race. Where Place Boosts are offered on a race and selected by a new or eligible customer, ITV Racing 4/1 Offer and Feature Race 4/1 Offer will apply.
• T&Cs apply. Registration required. To find out more about Each Way Extra click here.

Bonus code SPORT30 can be used during registration to bet365 but doesn’t change the free bet value.

The Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle, formerly the Neptune Novices’ Hurdle, is the opening race on Ladies Day at the Cheltenham Festival.

Registered as the Baring Bingham Novices’ Hurdle, it’s a Grade 1 race run over 2 and a half miles for enterprising novice hurdlers. Won recently by the Mullins trained superstars Faugheen and Yorkhill, the race has varied in entry numbers from as few as 8 in 2013 – the year that The New One triumphed – through to 17 back in 2010 and 2012.

For the 2024 Cheltenham Festival any field approaching 15 or more runners is very likely to see 4 places each way offered by online bookmakers, meaning an additional place over and above the standard 3 places each way. Of course, offering 4 places each way in the Gallagher is an excellent way to offer maximum profit opportunity for punters and is a promotion which will undoubtedly drive 2024 Cheltenham Festival new customer registrations for savvy bookmakers.

The Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle has seen plenty of quality winners over the years. Danoli, Istabraq and Hardy Eustace have all won this in their novice year. Since 2010, Simonsig, The New One, Faugheen and Yorkhill have all triumphed for Nicky Henderson, Nigel Twiston-Davies and Willie Mullins respectively. Simonsig went on to win the 2012 Arkle, Faugheen the 2015 Champion Hurdle plus 2016 Irish Champion Hurdle, with 2016-winner Yorkhill winning the JLT in 2017. Willoughby Court beat 2/1 favourite Neon Wolf in 2017 and 2018 saw the most popular victory for years as the hugely popular Irish raider and odds-on favourite Samcro dominated. Envoi Allen and Bob Olinger have continued the Irish domination in this race.

With anything up to 17 runners across recent stagings, online bookmakers up until now have paid the standard 3 places each way at 1/4 odds and more commonly 1/5 odds for this Gallagher Novices’ championship hurdle. However 2024 could see this change as the competitive nature of the online bookmaker industry would make any field of 15 or more runners rife for an additional each way place. We could certainly see 4 places each way for the Gallagher in 2024. It’s worth remembering as a punter that the big online bookmakers have a new customer war chest for the Cheltenham Festival, so offering additional each way places attracts new customers who spot the value to be had. Naturally 4 places covers circa 25% of the field – a situation which can only drive the chances of profit.

At the time of writing, no bookmakers have extended beyond the standard 3 places each way terms. As soon as this changes we’ll confirm details here.

We track the value provided by online bookmakers across the major National Hunt races. Extended each way terms gives punters a huge boost in terms of profit potential and is the perfect promotion for those who love to back big priced long-shots. With some High Street bookmakers still categorically giving their customers the standard each way terms, knowledgeable punters have been using online bookmakers who have been offering far better value to their customers now for years.

The 2024 renewal of the Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle could be the year that sees online bookmakers offering extended each way place for the first time.

2022 Each Way Terms Offered

• 3 places each-way 1/5 odds: All bookmakers

2021 Each Way Terms Offered

• 3 places each-way 1/5 odds: Betfair Sportsbook, Coral, Ladbrokes.
• 2 places each-way 1/4 odds: 888Sport, bet365, Betfred, BetVictor, Boylesports, Paddy Power, Skybet, Unibet, William Hill.

2020 Each Way Terms Offered

• 3 places each way 1/5 odds: 888Sport, Betfair, Betfred, BetVictor, Boylesports, Coral, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Skybet, Unibet, William Hill.

2019 Each Way Terms Offered

• 3 places each way 1/4 odds: bet365
• 3 places each way 1/5 odds: 888Sport, Betfair, Betfred, BetVictor, Boylesports, Coral, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Skybet, Unibet, William Hill.

2018 Each Way Terms Offered:

• 3 places each way 1/4 odds: 888sport, bet365, Unibet
• 3 places each way 1/5 odds: Betfair, Betfred, BetVictor, Boylesports, Coral., Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Skybet, William Hill.

2017 Each Way Terms Offered:

• 3 places each way – 1/4 odds: bet365, Betfred, Coral, Ladbrokes, Totesport.
• 3 places each way – 1/5 odds: Betfair Sportsbook, BetVictor, Paddy Power, William Hill.

Gallagher Novices Hurdle Recent Results:

• 2023 Impaire Et Passe P Townend WP Mullins
• 2022 Sir Gerhard P Townend WP Mullins
• 2021 Bob Olinger R Blackmore H de Bromhead 6/4
• 2020 Envoi Allen D Russell G Elliott 4/7
• 2019 City Island. MP Walsh, M Brassil, 8/1 16 runners
• 2018 Samcro. J Kennedy, G Elliott, 8/11F 14 runners
• 2017 Willoughby Court. B Pauling, 14/1, 15 runners
• 2016 Yorkhill. R Walsh, WP Mullins, 3/1F, 11 runners
• 2015 Windsor Park. DN Russell, DK Weld, 9/2, 10 runners
• 2014 Faugheen. R Walsh, WP Mullins, 6/4F. 15 runners
• 2013 The New One. S Twiston-Davies, N Twiston-Davies, 7/2, 8 runners
• 2012 Simonsig. BJ Geraghty, N Henderson, 2/1F, 17 runners
• 2011 First Lieutenant. DN Russell, MF Morris, 7/1, 12 runners
• 2010 Peddlers Cross. JM Maguire, D McCain Jnr, 7/1, 17 runners