William Hill provides the leading online sports and racing radio service in the UK. Commentary is delivered via streaming audio, meaning that you can get the latest sports and racing news in real time, as events unfold.
The are many factors to consider when betting on flat racing, that's why the William Hill mobile app brings you horse form, spotlights and top bets. We stream heaps of football games, horse racing, rugby, cricket, boxing & more - download William Hill Sports gambling app to get involved in the thrilling sports betting action. This is a real money gambling app. Please gamble responsibly and only bet what you can afford. William Hill’s Horse Racing Radio is the longest-running and most popular of the bookmaker’s two channels. For more than ten years, it has been providing daily racing podcasts, news, previews (including regular Friday previews of the weekend races), interviews with racing experts and celebrities, entertaining banter and naps from respected.
William Hill radio channels
William Hill Sports Betting Android App. The new Android app is the latest clever, fast product from William Hill. Bet on all the sports betting markets available online at williamhill.com, including in-play betting, accumulators and William Hill “Top Bets”. There was a lot to like within the William Hill horse racing section of their betting app. First thing is their design and just how good it looks on both tablet and smartphones. Whilst this review used mainly the iPad, we have tested it on Android and iPhone devices both with excellent looks and feel.
William Hill provides two radio stations, which you can “tune into” for free below.
Horse Racing Radio
William Hill’s Horse Racing Radio is the longest-running and most popular of the bookmaker’s two channels. For more than ten years, it has been providing daily racing podcasts, news, previews (including regular Friday previews of the weekend races), interviews with racing experts and celebrities, entertaining banter and naps from respected tipsters.
As well as providing real-time commentary on all races in the UK and selected races in Ireland, Horse Racing Radio covers a number of significant races elsewhere – such as the Arc de Triomphe in France.
William Hill Horse Racing Radio is live 15 minutes before the first UK horse race and up until the last is weighed in.
You can also access Horse Racing Radio via the William Hill site.
Greyhound Radio
Horse Racing Apps
As a second option, William Hill’s Greyhound Racing Radio offers live coverage of greyhound races run in the UK. Listen to live greyhound racing commentaries daily from 11 AM Sunday to Thursday and 10:30 AM Friday to Saturday.
How to get William Hill radio?
William Hill's two radio channels are available when using any internet enabled device. To listen to William Hill Radio simply go to the William Hill website and use the WH Radio menu to choose the station you want to listen to. You can also access William Hill Radio on the William Hill App.
William Hill radio mobile app
The William Hill App, available from the App Store, makes it possible to get William Hill radio on your mobile device.
Once you’ve installed the app, you can access William Hill radio by clicking the Radio option in the A-Z Sports menu. By default, this takes you to Horse Racing Radio, and live audio commentary starts playing automatically. A bar at the top of your screen identifies which radio channel you’re on, as well as giving a short summary of what’s currently being aired (for example, identifying the presenters and what they’re discussing).
To change channels, you click the button to the right of the bar. This opens a drop-down menu that lists the three stations. Simply select the channel you want.
Next to the icon for changing channels is a Close button, which you can click to stop the audio from streaming to your device and playing.
Get William Hill radio updates by phone
William Hill offers a telephone service that lets customers place and manage bets. The service also makes it possible to access 24-hour commentary from William Hill radio, using the phone. This means that even if you don’t have internet access, you can listen in on the latest news, predictions and betting tips.
William Hill radio weekly naps table
William Hill radio publishes a daily naps table, which lists 20 bets selected by various tipsters as the best propositions for the day. Of course tipsters don’t always get it right – but it’s probably worth keeping an eye on what the top ones predict (especially when doing this doesn’t cost you anything!). This should form just part of the information you use when deciding what bets to place.
The table is updated daily at 11 a.m. For each bet, it lists the name of the tipster (or “napster”), the recommended selection with month and season form statistics, when and where the relevant event will be held and a Bet Now option. Once an event has been completed, the time and place details are replaced by the event results – for example, “Unplaced” or “Won @ 8/11”.
Resolving William Hill radio connection problems
If you can’t successfully connect to William Hill radio via the Internet, it’s a good idea to start by checking that your browser security settings aren’t preventing the connection.
In Internet Explorer, for example, you should ensure that the browser’s security and privacy levels are set to the “Medium” level or lower. To do this, you take the following steps:
- select Tools - Internet options
- click the Security tab
- ensure that Internet is selected in the Select a zone to view or change security settings section
- if necessary, drag the slider in the Change the security level for this zone section to change the security level to Medium
- click the Privacy tab and, if necessary, drag the slider in the Settings section to change the level to Medium.
Next check that you’re not being prevented from connecting by a firewall installed on your machine. You can do this by temporarily disabling the firewall and then checking if you can connect. If it is the firewall that’s preventing a connection, you’ll need to configure it to allow streaming media.
Error messages and what you should do
Wm Hills Horse Racing
When you try to connect to William Hill radio, various error messages may display.
File format not supported
If an error message states that the file format is invalid or not supported, it indicates that your default media player doesn’t support the Advanced Streaming Format (.asf) used by William Hill radio. In this case, it’s best to configure the file to open in Windows Media Format and to configure it to play automatically in Windows Media Player.
Timing out
If you get an error message indicating that the server couldn’t handle your request in time, it’s likely that the connection is too busy. Close other programs accessing the internet and then try again.
Too busy
If a message states that too many people are accessing the file, it can help to clear your internet browser history and cache.
To clear your browser history in Internet Explorer, for example, you
- select Tools - Internet options
- ensure that the Delete browsing history on exit checkbox is selected and click OK
- restart the browser.
To clear the browser cache, you take these steps:
- select Tools - Internet options
- on the General tabbed page, click the Delete button
- select the Temporary Internet files and website files and Cookies and website data checkboxes, and click Delete
- click OK to accept the settings.
Server can’t be located
Last, if an error message says “Could not locate server” (an error with the code C00D0035), it may mean that you’re trying to connect to William Hill radio via a proxy server that’s not configured correctly. In this case, you’ll need to use network options to reconfigure the connection.
How to email William Hill Radio
You can use the following email address for William Hill radio studio@williamhill.co.uk.
A guide to betting at Cheltenham
Cheltenham racecourse is regarded as the home of National Hunt racing and stages the prestigious Festival meeting. Cheltenham betting is available throughout the year on the top races, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle.
William Hill promotions often feature the best Cheltenham odds and ante-post prices. There are also special offers and price boosts on the Cheltenham Festival and the other top Cheltenham races during the winter.
Betting at Cheltenham – The Big Meetings
The Cheltenham Festival in March is the highlight of the National Hunt season, with over £4 million in prize money on offer over the four days. There are 28 championship races, with an estimated £300 million staked in Cheltenham bets during the week.
The October meeting is regarded by National Hunt fans as the start of the new winter jump racing season. The volume of Cheltenham betting increases for the three-day Open meeting in November with another top-class card in December.
Trials Day takes place in late January and always has an impact on Cheltenham odds for the Festival meeting.
Cheltenham Betting – The Big Races
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the Blue Riband event of National Hunt racing. It provides the ultimate test for chasers over 3m2f off level weights. Only the Aintree Grand National rivals the Gold Cup in terms of prestige.
The Champion Hurdle is the top prize for 2m hurdlers and The Queen Mother Champion Chase is the premier 2m steeplechase. The oldest surviving championship race is The Stayers Hurdle over 3m, which was first run in 1912.
The Triumph Hurdle for four-year-olds traditionally opens the card on Gold Cup day. A top Cheltenham tip is to be wary of Triumph Hurdle winners contesting the Champion Hurdle the following year. They have an extremely poor record in the race.
The Ryanair Chase is a Grade 1 chase over 2m5f. 2m novice chasers compete for the Arkle Challenge Trophy, with the top 3m novices clashing in the RSA Chase.
Other big Cheltenham betting races include The BetVictor Gold Cup and December Gold Cup. The Greatwood Hurdle in November is the first big handicap hurdle of the season and the International Hurdle can influence Cheltenham odds for the Champion Hurdle.
Cheltenham Betting Tips
The Cheltenham Festival is the main objective for the best National Hunt horses throughout the season. Cheltenham tips for the Gold Cup should focus on horses aged between seven and nine. This age group have won a large majority of Gold Cup races in modern times.
When assessing the Cheltenham odds for the Champion Hurdle, it pays to concentrate on horses that won last time out. Horses which finished in the first four the previous year also do well statistically.
Nicky Henderson, Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott have dominated the trainers’ championship at Cheltenham in recent years. In 2018, Elliott equalled the record of eight winners at the meeting, set by Mullins in 2015. Ruby Walsh has won the jockeys’ title at the Festival more times than any other jockey.
Previous course form is a good pointer for Cheltenham betting tips, particularly in races like the December Gold Cup. There are only three races each season over the Cross Country track which greatly favours course specialists.
Visit news.williamhill.com for all the latest plans for runners and riders at the Cheltenham Festival and the latest Cheltenham odds.
Cheltenham Course Characteristics
Cheltenham is an undulating left-handed track with stiff fences and a testing uphill finish.
There are two separate courses; the New Course and the Old Course. The New Course has a notoriously tricky downhill fence and a slightly longer run-in for steeplechases. Cheltenham tips should certainly avoid suspect jumpers as this course takes a lot of jumping.
Hurdle races on the New Course have only two flights of hurdles in the last seven furlongs. The steep uphill finish puts the emphasis firmly on stamina in all Cheltenham races over 3m or more.
You should always look for horses with winning form over the distance when working out your Cheltenham bets. Races like the Gold Cup test a horse’s stamina to the limit, particularly on soft ground.
Cheltenham Racecourse - How to get there
The racecourse is situated at Prestbury Park, near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. The track is in a natural amphitheatre beneath the Cotswold Hills, with stunning views across the course.
Cheltenham is only two hours from London by car and one hour from Bristol and Birmingham. The course is clearly signposted at Junction 10 on the M5.
There is a shuttle bus for rail travellers arriving is Cheltenham Spa during the Festival meeting.
Cheltenham Horse Racing History
Prestbury Park became the established home of Cheltenham racecourse in 1831.
The National Hunt Festival meeting was first held at Market Harborough in 1860. It was later moved between Cheltenham and Warwick before settling at Cheltenham in 1911. The future of Cheltenham was secured in 1964 when it was purchased by Jockey Club Racecourses.
The Cross Country course was introduced in 1995, comprising a wide variety of fences for experienced chasers.
A £45 million development and expansion plan was completed in 2015, increasing the course capacity to 67,500 spectators. There are extensive Cheltenham betting facilities across all enclosures.
Famous Cheltenham Races and Racehorses
The are many factors to consider when betting on flat racing, that's why the William Hill mobile app brings you horse form, spotlights and top bets. We stream heaps of football games, horse racing, rugby, cricket, boxing & more - download William Hill Sports gambling app to get involved in the thrilling sports betting action. This is a real money gambling app. Please gamble responsibly and only bet what you can afford. William Hill’s Horse Racing Radio is the longest-running and most popular of the bookmaker’s two channels. For more than ten years, it has been providing daily racing podcasts, news, previews (including regular Friday previews of the weekend races), interviews with racing experts and celebrities, entertaining banter and naps from respected.
William Hill radio channels
William Hill Sports Betting Android App. The new Android app is the latest clever, fast product from William Hill. Bet on all the sports betting markets available online at williamhill.com, including in-play betting, accumulators and William Hill “Top Bets”. There was a lot to like within the William Hill horse racing section of their betting app. First thing is their design and just how good it looks on both tablet and smartphones. Whilst this review used mainly the iPad, we have tested it on Android and iPhone devices both with excellent looks and feel.
William Hill provides two radio stations, which you can “tune into” for free below.
Horse Racing Radio
William Hill’s Horse Racing Radio is the longest-running and most popular of the bookmaker’s two channels. For more than ten years, it has been providing daily racing podcasts, news, previews (including regular Friday previews of the weekend races), interviews with racing experts and celebrities, entertaining banter and naps from respected tipsters.
As well as providing real-time commentary on all races in the UK and selected races in Ireland, Horse Racing Radio covers a number of significant races elsewhere – such as the Arc de Triomphe in France.
William Hill Horse Racing Radio is live 15 minutes before the first UK horse race and up until the last is weighed in.
You can also access Horse Racing Radio via the William Hill site.
Greyhound Radio
Horse Racing Apps
As a second option, William Hill’s Greyhound Racing Radio offers live coverage of greyhound races run in the UK. Listen to live greyhound racing commentaries daily from 11 AM Sunday to Thursday and 10:30 AM Friday to Saturday.
How to get William Hill radio?
William Hill's two radio channels are available when using any internet enabled device. To listen to William Hill Radio simply go to the William Hill website and use the WH Radio menu to choose the station you want to listen to. You can also access William Hill Radio on the William Hill App.
William Hill radio mobile app
The William Hill App, available from the App Store, makes it possible to get William Hill radio on your mobile device.
Once you’ve installed the app, you can access William Hill radio by clicking the Radio option in the A-Z Sports menu. By default, this takes you to Horse Racing Radio, and live audio commentary starts playing automatically. A bar at the top of your screen identifies which radio channel you’re on, as well as giving a short summary of what’s currently being aired (for example, identifying the presenters and what they’re discussing).
To change channels, you click the button to the right of the bar. This opens a drop-down menu that lists the three stations. Simply select the channel you want.
Next to the icon for changing channels is a Close button, which you can click to stop the audio from streaming to your device and playing.
Get William Hill radio updates by phone
William Hill offers a telephone service that lets customers place and manage bets. The service also makes it possible to access 24-hour commentary from William Hill radio, using the phone. This means that even if you don’t have internet access, you can listen in on the latest news, predictions and betting tips.
William Hill radio weekly naps table
William Hill radio publishes a daily naps table, which lists 20 bets selected by various tipsters as the best propositions for the day. Of course tipsters don’t always get it right – but it’s probably worth keeping an eye on what the top ones predict (especially when doing this doesn’t cost you anything!). This should form just part of the information you use when deciding what bets to place.
The table is updated daily at 11 a.m. For each bet, it lists the name of the tipster (or “napster”), the recommended selection with month and season form statistics, when and where the relevant event will be held and a Bet Now option. Once an event has been completed, the time and place details are replaced by the event results – for example, “Unplaced” or “Won @ 8/11”.
Resolving William Hill radio connection problems
If you can’t successfully connect to William Hill radio via the Internet, it’s a good idea to start by checking that your browser security settings aren’t preventing the connection.
In Internet Explorer, for example, you should ensure that the browser’s security and privacy levels are set to the “Medium” level or lower. To do this, you take the following steps:
- select Tools - Internet options
- click the Security tab
- ensure that Internet is selected in the Select a zone to view or change security settings section
- if necessary, drag the slider in the Change the security level for this zone section to change the security level to Medium
- click the Privacy tab and, if necessary, drag the slider in the Settings section to change the level to Medium.
Next check that you’re not being prevented from connecting by a firewall installed on your machine. You can do this by temporarily disabling the firewall and then checking if you can connect. If it is the firewall that’s preventing a connection, you’ll need to configure it to allow streaming media.
Error messages and what you should do
Wm Hills Horse Racing
When you try to connect to William Hill radio, various error messages may display.
File format not supported
If an error message states that the file format is invalid or not supported, it indicates that your default media player doesn’t support the Advanced Streaming Format (.asf) used by William Hill radio. In this case, it’s best to configure the file to open in Windows Media Format and to configure it to play automatically in Windows Media Player.
Timing out
If you get an error message indicating that the server couldn’t handle your request in time, it’s likely that the connection is too busy. Close other programs accessing the internet and then try again.
Too busy
If a message states that too many people are accessing the file, it can help to clear your internet browser history and cache.
To clear your browser history in Internet Explorer, for example, you
- select Tools - Internet options
- ensure that the Delete browsing history on exit checkbox is selected and click OK
- restart the browser.
To clear the browser cache, you take these steps:
- select Tools - Internet options
- on the General tabbed page, click the Delete button
- select the Temporary Internet files and website files and Cookies and website data checkboxes, and click Delete
- click OK to accept the settings.
Server can’t be located
Last, if an error message says “Could not locate server” (an error with the code C00D0035), it may mean that you’re trying to connect to William Hill radio via a proxy server that’s not configured correctly. In this case, you’ll need to use network options to reconfigure the connection.
How to email William Hill Radio
You can use the following email address for William Hill radio studio@williamhill.co.uk.
A guide to betting at Cheltenham
Cheltenham racecourse is regarded as the home of National Hunt racing and stages the prestigious Festival meeting. Cheltenham betting is available throughout the year on the top races, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle.
William Hill promotions often feature the best Cheltenham odds and ante-post prices. There are also special offers and price boosts on the Cheltenham Festival and the other top Cheltenham races during the winter.
Betting at Cheltenham – The Big Meetings
The Cheltenham Festival in March is the highlight of the National Hunt season, with over £4 million in prize money on offer over the four days. There are 28 championship races, with an estimated £300 million staked in Cheltenham bets during the week.
The October meeting is regarded by National Hunt fans as the start of the new winter jump racing season. The volume of Cheltenham betting increases for the three-day Open meeting in November with another top-class card in December.
Trials Day takes place in late January and always has an impact on Cheltenham odds for the Festival meeting.
Cheltenham Betting – The Big Races
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the Blue Riband event of National Hunt racing. It provides the ultimate test for chasers over 3m2f off level weights. Only the Aintree Grand National rivals the Gold Cup in terms of prestige.
The Champion Hurdle is the top prize for 2m hurdlers and The Queen Mother Champion Chase is the premier 2m steeplechase. The oldest surviving championship race is The Stayers Hurdle over 3m, which was first run in 1912.
The Triumph Hurdle for four-year-olds traditionally opens the card on Gold Cup day. A top Cheltenham tip is to be wary of Triumph Hurdle winners contesting the Champion Hurdle the following year. They have an extremely poor record in the race.
The Ryanair Chase is a Grade 1 chase over 2m5f. 2m novice chasers compete for the Arkle Challenge Trophy, with the top 3m novices clashing in the RSA Chase.
Other big Cheltenham betting races include The BetVictor Gold Cup and December Gold Cup. The Greatwood Hurdle in November is the first big handicap hurdle of the season and the International Hurdle can influence Cheltenham odds for the Champion Hurdle.
Cheltenham Betting Tips
The Cheltenham Festival is the main objective for the best National Hunt horses throughout the season. Cheltenham tips for the Gold Cup should focus on horses aged between seven and nine. This age group have won a large majority of Gold Cup races in modern times.
When assessing the Cheltenham odds for the Champion Hurdle, it pays to concentrate on horses that won last time out. Horses which finished in the first four the previous year also do well statistically.
Nicky Henderson, Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott have dominated the trainers’ championship at Cheltenham in recent years. In 2018, Elliott equalled the record of eight winners at the meeting, set by Mullins in 2015. Ruby Walsh has won the jockeys’ title at the Festival more times than any other jockey.
Previous course form is a good pointer for Cheltenham betting tips, particularly in races like the December Gold Cup. There are only three races each season over the Cross Country track which greatly favours course specialists.
Visit news.williamhill.com for all the latest plans for runners and riders at the Cheltenham Festival and the latest Cheltenham odds.
Cheltenham Course Characteristics
Cheltenham is an undulating left-handed track with stiff fences and a testing uphill finish.
There are two separate courses; the New Course and the Old Course. The New Course has a notoriously tricky downhill fence and a slightly longer run-in for steeplechases. Cheltenham tips should certainly avoid suspect jumpers as this course takes a lot of jumping.
Hurdle races on the New Course have only two flights of hurdles in the last seven furlongs. The steep uphill finish puts the emphasis firmly on stamina in all Cheltenham races over 3m or more.
You should always look for horses with winning form over the distance when working out your Cheltenham bets. Races like the Gold Cup test a horse’s stamina to the limit, particularly on soft ground.
Cheltenham Racecourse - How to get there
The racecourse is situated at Prestbury Park, near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. The track is in a natural amphitheatre beneath the Cotswold Hills, with stunning views across the course.
Cheltenham is only two hours from London by car and one hour from Bristol and Birmingham. The course is clearly signposted at Junction 10 on the M5.
There is a shuttle bus for rail travellers arriving is Cheltenham Spa during the Festival meeting.
Cheltenham Horse Racing History
Prestbury Park became the established home of Cheltenham racecourse in 1831.
The National Hunt Festival meeting was first held at Market Harborough in 1860. It was later moved between Cheltenham and Warwick before settling at Cheltenham in 1911. The future of Cheltenham was secured in 1964 when it was purchased by Jockey Club Racecourses.
The Cross Country course was introduced in 1995, comprising a wide variety of fences for experienced chasers.
A £45 million development and expansion plan was completed in 2015, increasing the course capacity to 67,500 spectators. There are extensive Cheltenham betting facilities across all enclosures.
Famous Cheltenham Races and Racehorses
Golden Miller won the Cheltenham Gold Cup for five consecutive years between 1932 and 1936. Arkle won the race three times between 1964 and 1966 and is still widely regarded as the best chaser of all time.
Michael Dickinson achieved a remarkable feat when training the first five horses to finish in the 1983 Gold Cup. Dawn Run’s famous win in 1986 and the heroic victory of Desert Orchid in 1989 are among the most memorable Cheltenham races in history. Desert Orchid had a huge public following and regularly featured among Cheltenham Festival tips.
In more recent times, Best Mate completed a hat-trick of Gold Cup wins from 2002 to 2004. Kauto Star created his own piece of Cheltenham history when regaining his title in 2009 after being defeated by Denman the previous year.
Five horses have won three Champion Hurdles, the most recent being Istabraq (1998 – 2000). Aidan O’Brien’s horse was the hot favourite in the Cheltenham odds for a record fourth win in 2001, but the meeting was abandoned due to the foot and mouth disease outbreak.
Badsworth Boy (1983 – 1985) is the only horse to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase three times.
Big Buck’s dominated the Stayers Hurdle between 2009 and 2012 with four straight wins for Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walsh. Quevega, trained by Willie Mullins, surpassed that achievement by winning the Mares’ Hurdle for six successive seasons (2009 – 2014).
