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Guineas Festival Betting Offers
The Guineas Festival at Newmarket opens the British Classic season over a weekend in early May: the 2,000 Guineas for three-year-old colts on the Saturday and the 1,000 Guineas for fillies on the Sunday, both on the Rowley Mile. They are the season's first Group 1s and the first real read on the new generation.
The table below lists our partners' welcome offers, each with its significant terms beside it, and the next section sets out who pays Best Odds Guaranteed on the two Classics. For dates and the racing, see our Guineas Festival hub.
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The Offers, and Who Pays Best Odds Guaranteed
Guineas Festival betting offers, ranked
Our affiliate partners, ranked by our independent review score. Each row shows the offer's significant terms.
Betfred4.2Top pickBest Odds GuaranteedClaim offerBet £10 Get £50 in Free Bets
Code BETFRED50
#AD New customers only, 18+. Register and deposit with a Debit Card, then bet £10+ at Evens (2.0)+ on Sports, settled within 7 days. £30 Sports + £20 Bet Builder Free Bets within 24 hours of settlement, 7-day expiry. Eligibility and payment exclusions apply. Full T&Cs.
QuinnBet3.9Best Odds GuaranteedClaim offerGet 50% Back as a Free Bet up to £25
#AD New UK 18+. £10+ first bet at Evens (2.0)+, then 2 more bets at Evens+ on different events. 50% of first-day net losses back as a free bet, max £25 (£5 guaranteed). SP bets do not qualify. 7-day expiry. Full T&Cs.
BetGoodwin3.6Best Odds GuaranteedClaim offerBet £10 Get £15 in Free Bets
Code WELCOME15
#AD New UK 18+. Code WELCOME15. £10 qualifying bet at Evens (2.0)+ within 7 days. £15 as 3 × £5 set-use free bets (acca / any sport / Sub Cover), stake not returned, 7-day expiry. Full T&Cs.
LiveScore Bet3.5Best Odds GuaranteedClaim offerBet £10 Get £30 in Free Bets
#AD New UK 18+. £10 qualifying bet at 1/2 (1.50)+, settled within 14 days. £30 in free bets, stake not returned, 7-day expiry. No promo code needed. Full T&Cs.
Best Odds Guaranteed for the Classics
Classic markets move hard in the final days as trial form, the draw and the ground come together, which is when Best Odds Guaranteed (BOG) earns its keep.
Every firm below excludes ante-post bets from BOG, so a price taken weeks before the meeting is not covered. Checked at the operators' own pages on 9 October unless stated:
- QuinnBet: BOG on UK and Irish racing for bets placed from 10am on race day, with the extra it pays capped per bet.
- BetGoodwin: BOG on UK and Irish horse and greyhound racing, capped per bet, with special markets and international racing excluded.
- LiveScore Bet: BOG on UK and Irish racing from 10am, but only once you have staked a set amount with them over the previous seven days.
- Star Sports: no BOG. It withdrew the concession and has not brought it back.
- William Hill: its help pages made BOG invitation-only. We could not re-read that page on 9 October (it refuses automated access), so this rests on our July check.
- Betfred: BOG on UK and Irish racing in our July check. Betfred's site blocks automated reading, so we could not re-check it.
Ante-post on the Guineas
The Guineas are among the most-bet ante-post races of the year. If your horse does not run, most firms settle an ante-post bet as a loser unless the market was marked Non-Runner No Bet, as Kwiff's own rules spell out. Check for NRNB before you take a winter price.
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