ULTIMATE CHELTENHAM BETTING GUIDE: Mail Sport’s consultants identify greatest bets

The Cheltenham Festival roars into motion tomorrow and all people has an opinion about which horse to again during which race. 

Our prime group of racing consultants ED CHAMBERLIN, LIZZIE KELLY, MARCUS TOWNEND, PETER SCUDAMORE and DOMINIC KING will level you in the fitting route daily. 

Here are their prime picks.

ED CHAMBERLIN

BEST BET

I’ve been candy for a very long time on JADE DE GRUGY within the Mares Novices Hurdle on Thursday. 

It’s shaping as much as be a incredible contest, as I hear they love Brighterdaysahead in Gordon Elliott’s steady and there’s a lot of confidence behind Dysart Enos however Jade De Grugy runs within the colors of Honeysuckle and he or she is able to upholding the custom.

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There WILL be success for British trainers and Dan Skelton has acquired some potent bullets to fireside. GREY DAWNING jumps nicely and travels powerfully. 

I’ve been impressed with him this winter and he can land the Turners Novices Chase on Thursday. I anticipate he will likely be well-backed to do it. He is unfortunate to not be unbeaten in his final three begins.

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CORACH RAMBLER is a incredible each-way wager within the Cheltenham Gold Cup. He loves weaving his manner out and in of rivals and will likely be developing the hill strongly. 

It’s being stated this can be a heat up race for his Grand National defence however he can present his class.

MARCUS TOWNEND

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I’ve had my eye on LIBBERTY HUNTER for a lot of the season as he switched to fences. He fell on the third final when coming to win at Chepstow in November however has since gained at Wincanton and at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day. 

The fast tempo of Wednesday’s Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase will swimsuit and he has a superb flip of foot. The reserving of Harry Cobden to experience appears important.

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Expectations had been as soon as so enormous it appears the exploits of ENVOI ALLEN, who runs in Thursday’s Ryanair Chase maybe don’t get the total credit score they deserve. 

But’s he’s operating at his sixth Festival and already has three wins there – the 2019 Festival Bumper, 2020 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle and final yr’s Ryanair Chase. He’s been saved contemporary for the repeat and he’ll take some stopping.

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She isn’t a large longshot however you need to get double-figure odds about GOLDEN ACE in Friday’s Mares’ Novice Hurdle. 

She is taking up some hot-pots however she has positively taken a step ahead in successful two races at Taunton and Jeremy Scott, a coach whose toes are planted firmly on the bottom, hasn’t hidden how extremely he charges her.

LIZZIE KELLY

BEST BET

KARGESE in Friday’s Triumph Hurdle. I really feel she is a little bit underestimated after main house a Willie Mullins-trained 1-2-3-4 within the Grade One juvenile hurdle at Leopardstown’s Dublin Racing Festival.

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SA MAJESTE in Friday’s Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle. He has not run since beating 2022 Grand National winner Noble Yeats at Limerick in December, type enhanced by the latter’s victory within the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham in January.

He has solely race 4 instances which makes him robust for the handicapper to precisely assess.

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MR VANGO, who runs in Tuesday’s National Hunt Chase, has rather a lot to do on paper when it comes to his ranking in comparison with his opponents however he was an unbelievably simple winner of the Devon National on solely his second begin over fences. 

The extra rain the higher for him to make it as robust a take a look at of stamina as doable.

PETER SCUDAMORE

BEST BET

BALLYBURN is a horse with a large fame. His odds aren’t nice however he appears probably the most sure of the week’s short-priced hotpots to go in when he strains up in Wednesday’s Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle. 

It was a shock when he was crushed on his seasonal debut, albeit by a helpful rival in Firefox. But he has simply gained his two races since together with a grade one at Dublin’s Racing Festival.

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I just like the possibilities of THE GOFFER in Tuesday’s Ultima Handicap Chase. He was fourth to Corach Rambler within the race final yr and has a second shot on the race off a barely decrease handicap mark. He remains to be solely seven and I prefer it that he appears to have been saved for this race all season.

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It needs to be my previous ally and Grand National winner CORACH RAMBLER. His odds of 20-1 are too huge. He’s three from three on the monitor, gained the Ultima Chase on the previous two Festivals and has had a carbon copy preparation to earlier seasons. 

Yes the Gold Cup is a far more durable race however he’s intently matched on type with Fastorslow and I don’t assume he deserves to be 4 instances the chances. If he can maintain tabs on the runners early, he will definitely end strongly.

DOMINIC KING

BEST BET

Let’s begin the week with a bang. TULLYHILL is enhancing at a fast fee of knots and the gelding’s heat up win for the Supreme Novices Hurdle at Punchestown final month was taking. 

With hotpot Ballyburn having been rerouted to the Gallaghers Hurdle on Wednesday, his stablemate can benefit from an excellent opening.

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GINNY’S DESTINY within the Turners Novices Chase. I liked how he got here up the hill on Trials Day on the course in January, his leaping and angle a sight to behold. 

To hearken to Paul Nicholls, his coach, communicate so enthusiastically each then and subsequently at his stables struck a chord. This is a correct horse they usually gained’t get previous him.

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Willie Mullins tends to win the Champion Bumper however not essentially with the steady’s first selection. I might recommend 16/1 about Argento Boy, who runs in the identical colors as Gold Cup Hero Galopin Des Champs, would reward each-way backers.

The coach had a glint in his eye when discussing him lately. It wouldn’t be the worst wager.