by Renee Israel
All eyes will be on the Cheltenham Festival this year as one of the most famous horse racing events celebrates its centennial over four action packed days.
And while betting reaches fever pitch at bookmaker sites as punters back their favourite horses, Royal Family fans are also backing the festival in a different way.
Bookie sites are running a bet on whether Prince William and Kate Middleton will attend Cheltenham together.
Odds of 4/1 are being offered that they will appear together at the festival and that their photograph will appear in a national UK newspaper by March 25th.
Late last month, the couple - who are set to wed in April - made their first public appearance together since their engagement announcement.
They were the guests of honour at a naming ceremony and service dedication for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's new Atlantic 85 lifeboat.
Kate's first official duty as 'wife-to-be-of-a-royal' was to pour champagne over the lifeboat.
The couple will be married at Westminster Abbey on April 29th.
The question remains whether Prince William and Kate will find time in their busy schedules leading up to the wedding to attend the Cheltenham Festival.
The festival promises four days of super races and entertainment, and the young couple would surely want to be a part of at least some of it.
The Cheltenham schedule, with major races per day, as follows:
March 15th - Centenary Day. Race: The Stan James Champion Hurdle.
March 16th - Ladies Day. Race: Sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Race
March 17th - St. Patrick's Day. Race: Ladbrokes World Hurdle
March 18th - Gold Cup Day. Race: totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup
