As your Trackside Live scribe, I often get lonely sat here on my own…

…through the long evenings… awaiting the 9.20 at Kempton…

(que violins sound in the background)

So I want you to entertain me.

Better clarify that or who knows what I’ll get sent – stick your humorous captions underneath the horseracing-related image – the funnier and more original the better please. Judged fortnightly on Fridays, I will personally credit the winner’s William Hill account with a fiver free bet.

Only a fiver, I hear you cry? Don’t call me stingy, it’s just for a bit of fun. So comment away.

Don’t forget to include your correct email address when you post so I can contact you for an account number. Doh!

I’ll start this one off - ‘I’d heard Southwell was a specialist course, but this is just ridiculous’

Yes, I’m sure you can do much better…!

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Royal Ascot, one of the highlights of the flat season, begins on Tuesday and what better way to celebrate this racing and social calendar spectacle with a great free bet offer. 

On the first day of the Royal meeting there are three fantastic Group 1 races, one of which is the King’s Stand Stakes at 3:05 – live on BBC One. In this year’s renewal the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Kingsgate Native will be bidding to win his fifth Group race.

The five-year-old faces the formidable challenge of Australian raider Nicconi who will be ridden by the charismatic Frankie Dettori.

It’s sure to be a thrilling race and if you place a £20 or more win single on the outright betting in the 3:05 Royal Ascot – King’s Stand Stakes, you’ll then be rewarded with a free £5 bet with which you can use on any In-Play market during the first half of the Ivory Coast v Portugal World Cup match.

PLEASE NOTE: Qualifying bets must be placed before the race starts. Your free bet will become available once the match has started and In-Play betting is available and remember, the free bet is valid until the start of the second half.

This offer is only applicable to customers who have registered their accounts on the English language website and is applicable to bets placed from 18:20 (UK) Monday 14th June.

You cannot use this free bet offer in conjunction with any other | Normal William Hill football rules apply.

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In our first Free Bets For Everyone offer of the weekend, we’re giving you the chance to get a free £10 first goalscorer bet on Saturday’s Spanish La Liga match, Villarreal v Barcelona match if you stake at least £20 on the Race Winner market in Saturday’s 2000 Guineas.

The first Classic of the 2010 Flat season gets underway on Saturday as the 19 strong field, the largest line-up for three years head to Newmarket for the 2,000 Guineas.

Ante-post favourite St Nicholas Abbey is one of three Aiden O’Brien runners, with Fencing Master and Viscount Nelson also set to run.

With Johnny Murtagh onboard, Racing Post Trophy winner St Nicholas Abbey will start from stall 12, while main market rival Elusive Pimpernel will come out of stall one, a point to note as this is the very stall which contained 2009 winner Sea The Stars.

It’s sure to be a thrilling race and if you stake £20 or more (£10 each-way) on the race winner market in Saturday’s 2000 Guineas (15:05 live on Channel 4), you’ll then be rewarded with a free £10 bet – with which you must select who you think will score the first goal in the Villarreal v Barcelona afternoon match which will be televised from 16:00 on Sky Sports 1. Your free bet will be awarded once your qualifying bet has been settled.

This offer is applicable from 17:30 BST Friday 30th April.

You cannot use this free bet offer in conjunction with any other.

Your free bet will be available once your qualifying bet has been settled.

Normal William Hill football rules apply.

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Get a free fiver bet for placing your Grand National bets early!

The first highlight of the golfing calendar comes around this weekend as the world’s best – including Tiger Woods – head for Augusta to make their mark in The Masters, but not only that…

Saturday afternoon brings you (almost) everyone’s favourite horse racing event, The Aintree Grand National.

To celebrate this cracking weekend of top class sporting action, we’re offering any customer who places a £10 bet on the John Smith’s Grand National BEFORE 6PM FRIDAY a £5 free bet on the US Masters.

Redemption of your free bet token will be available until the end of The Masters (Sunday evening) – but to qualify for your £5 free bet – you must have place your qualifying John Smith’s Grand National bet before 6pm on Friday 9th April 2010. Any Grand National bets placed after this time will not have a free bet credited to their account.

You cannot use this free bet offer in conjunction with any other |If your free bet selection is a non-runner this will be settled as a losing bet |Any returns from winning free bets will not include the free bet stakes.*

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In our second Free Bets For Everyone offer of the weekend, we’re giving you a free £10 in-play bet in the La Liga clash between deadly rivals Real and Atletico Madrid if you place a bet of at least £20 (£20 win only or £10 E/W) on the outright market in the 4:10 Williamhill.com In-Play Handicap at Doncaster on Sunday.

Atletico head to the Bernabeu to face their cross city adversaries disappointingly perched in mid-table. Real however, are in red hot league form and will hope to dispatch their neighbours and claim three more precious points in their bid to take Barcelona’s La Liga crown.

If you stake £20 or more (£20 win only or £10 E/W) on the outright market in Sunday’s Williamhill.com In-Play Handicap (16:10 Doncaster), you’ll then be rewarded with a free £10 bet – with which you can select from any in-play market in the Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid encounter which will be televised from 20:00 on Sky Sports 1.

Your free bet will be available once you have placed your qualifying bet and the Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid match starts.
You cannot use this free bet offer in conjunction with any other free bet bonus
Normal William Hill football rules apply.

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In our first Free Bets For Everyone offer of the weekend, we’re giving you a free £10 bet on the Premier League’s Bolton Wanderers v Manchester United match if you place a bet of at least £20 (£20 win only or £10 E/W) on the outright market in the 3:10 William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster this Saturday.

The current favourite is the four year old, Willie Haggas trained Penitent. Following considerable support in the run-up his price has been slashed. Can he justify this favourite tag against 21 runners in what is the traditional curtain raiser for the flat turf season?

If you stake £20 or more (£20 win only or £10 E/W) on the outright market in Saturday’s William Hill Lincoln (15:10 live on Channel 4), you’ll then be rewarded with a free £10 bet – with which you can select any in-play market to bet on in the Bolton v Man Utd afternoon match which will be televised from 17:30 on ESPN.

Your free bet will be available once you have placed your qualifying bet.
You cannot use this free bet offer in conjunction with any other free bet bonus
Normal William Hill football rules apply.

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Get yourself a free bet if you win our 2010 Cheltenham Festival Yankee Challenge today.

Simply select a horse in each of the four races we have chosen today and we’ll give you a mythical £1 win Yankee on those selections. If your “bet” gets the biggest returns of the day you’ll win a £25 free bet. In the event of a tie one winner will be drawn at random.

A Yankee is a simple way to place multiple bets. It’s basically made up of 11 bets on four horses: 1 x four-fold accumulator, 4 x trebles and 6 x doubles – so you only need two winners to see a return and with more winners the returns begin to stack up. As it’s 11 bets you have to multiply your unit stake by that amount, so a £1 yankee would cost £11.

Tuesday’s winner managed returns of £3028.00 from the £11.00 and got more than just the £25 free bet as he placed a real bet of his own! Yesterday our winners returns were boosted by £48 as his two winners were Irish trained and took advantage of our St Patrick’s Day offer of enhanced starting prices. Mr Whittaker from London didn’t take Big Buck’s in the World Hurdle on Day 3 but still came out on top with returns of £323.00 for just one double.

Only one person can win the £25 free bet each day so don’t miss out and make sure you place your own real yankee too.

Any winnings from free bets will not include the free bet stakes.

Only active William Hill account holders can enter the competition. An active account is deemed to have staked a cumulative total of at least £1.00 or equivalent on 19th March 2010.

Yankee returns will be calculated using normal William Hill horse racing rules.

Entries will be accepted until 14:00 on 19 March 2010. Entries received in error after this time will not be counted.

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Win a year’s supply of Thomas Pink shirts by entering our free Cheltenham poll. Who is the all-time greatest Cheltenham Festival jockey?

Simple question – not so simple answer. Ruby Walsh had a great Festival in 2009. Richard Dunwoody proved he’s better on horses than on the dancefloor. Is Tony McCoy really the best of all time or do we need to look further back in time for the true Cheltenham great?

Let us know what you think and we’ll enter you into a draw to win a prize worth in excess of £800.00.

In association with Thomas Pink, the proud sponsor of the 2010 Cheltenham Festival Leading Jockey and Leading Trainer awards, we are able to give away this fantastic prize of a year’s supply* of Thomas Pink shirts. Every person who completes our short poll with be entered into a draw to win the prize.

Don’t worry if you don’t win the big prize as we’ve got ten runners-up prizes of £20 in free bets** to be won, that’s one free fiver for every day of the Cheltenham Festival.

*A year’s supply of Thomas Pink shirts is one shirt per month for twelve months
**Free bet prizes will be a £5.00 single on each day of the 2010 Cheltenham Festival for each of 10 runners-up
Any returns from free bets placed will not include the free bet stake
Free bets will be credited to a valid William Hill Online account

Closing date is Monday 15th March at 23:59. Winners will be announced on Tuesday 16th March, Day 1 of the Cheltenham Festival before midday.

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Best Mate, Kauto Star, Arkle, Golden Miller and, the nation’s favourite, Desert Orchid were all worthy winners of the Cheltenham Festival’s showpiece race, The Cheltenham Gold Cup, but which of these is your champion of champions.

We’re trying to find out who you think are the best of the best and, to thank you for your time, we’re giving away £100.00 in free bets. Every account holder that enters will be entered into the draw to win one of four £25 free bets on the Cheltenham Festival so give us your opinion.

We’ve listed previous winners of each of the four big Cheltenham Festival races, the Champions Hurdle, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the World Hurdle (or Stayers’ if you’re old fashioned) and, of course, the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Simply pick your champions.

The 2010 Cheltenham Festival takes place over four days from 16th March and William Hill have ante-post betting available on all the big races.

Any returns from free bets won will not include the free bet stake.

Cheltenham Champions Poll – the results so far

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