Cheltenham Day 4 Tips: Expert Panel Reveal Their Best Bets For Gold Cup Day at the Festival
It's Gold Cup Day at Cheltenham, the highlight of the jumps racing season, and the experts here at horseracing.net have provided us their selections for every race as the curtain comes down on what has been yet another memorable week at Prestbury Park.
Billy Grimshaw's highlight came on Wednesday with 11/1 winner KITZBUHEL, RaceOlly has SARATOGA at 14/1 on Tuesday and a few big priced places since and @RoadCheltenham hit form yesterday, backing both HEART WOOD & SUPREMELY WEST for a profitable Thursday. Read on to see who all three fancy as the 2026 Cheltenham Festival comes to a close.
Cheltenham Day 3 Market Movers
Mercifully, the rain has arrived before Cheltenham Gold Cup Day at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival and it should be nigh on perfect ground for the big race at four o'clock. Clerks have been reluctant to water heavily during the week, with the major casualty of this Fact To File who was withdrawn by an irate Willie Mullins from yesterday's Ryanair Chase.
In the feature race of the afternoon, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the market has been shifting as punters try to second-guess how the ground will play. Haiti Coleurs has been smashed in for Rebecca Curtis and the front runner is thought to be a horse who will relish the good conditions underfoot, while Inothewayurthinkin has drifted out somewhat after being backed heavily earlier in the week. The best backed horse of the day runs in the first race, the Triumph, as HIGHLAND CRYSTAL in the Robcour colours has been punted from 16/1 into as short as 5/1,
A couple of 2025 winners in Wonderwall and Dinoblue head the day's list of drifters for the Hunters' and Mares' Chase respectively.
Cheltenham Gold Cup Day Tips From Our Expert Panel
| Race | RaceOlly | R2C | Billy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:20 – Triumph Hurdle | Highland Crystal EW | Maestro Conti EW | Selma De Vary |
| 2:00 – County Hurdle | One Horse Town EW | Sinnatra | Sinnatra |
| 2:40 – Mares' Chase | Wilful EW | Only By Night | Only By Night |
| 3:20 – Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle | Telapathique EW | Thedeviluno | Doctor Steinberg |
| 4:00 – Cheltenham Gold Cup | Ubatuba EW | Inothewayurthinkin | Jango Baie |
| 4:40 – Festival Hunters' Chase | Solitary Man EW | No Bet | Wrappedupinmay |
| 5:20 – Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | Fiercely Proud EW | Act Of Authority | Air Of Entitlement |
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