People are solely simply realising what horse racing NAP means forward of Cheltenham

Horse racing punters having fun with a flutter on the Cheltenham Festival will likely be looking out a tipster’s NAP – however what does it really imply?

The three-letter abbreviation will likely be used all through probably the most anticipated week on the racing calendar, which attracts each hardcore followers and people with a extra informal curiosity within the sport.

If you are unsure what it precisely stands for or represents, you’ve got come to the proper place. To put it merely, a NAP is that individual’s greatest wager of the day.

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It’s used to point which punt they consider in probably the most, and might help these scouting out their choices to evaluate the place they need to lay their cash.

The subsequent query is, why NAP? And the reply is it is brief for Napoleon, originating from the French card recreation of the identical identify the place gamers say the identify of former emperor Bonaparte to point their greatest hand.

As nicely as NAP, you will typically seen NB subsequent to a range. That has a far less complicated which means, easy standing for subsequent greatest – their second favorite punt.

What’s your NAP for the Festival? Let us know within the feedback part.

At this 12 months’s Cheltenham Festival, the cash will not simply be heading to the bookmakers as Betfair are donating £10,000 to the Injured Jockey Fund for each winner that’s ridden by Rachael Blackmore.

Throughout the season, £5,000 was being added for each one among Blackmore’s winners. But that has now been doubled for the best present on turf, with the proceeds shared by two charities – the ‘Injured Jockeys Fund’ and ‘Irish Injured Jockeys’.

Blackmore stated: “During the preview I called on Betfair to raise their game for Cheltenham and double the amount donated to the Serial Winner Fund if I’m lucky enough to get into the winner’s enclosure.

“I may have caught them slightly off guard, but I knew they would get on board, and we got the thumbs up. I’m fully focused on next week and looking forward to getting over there now.”