Cheltenham Friday tips: Lucky 15, accumulator and bet365 Super Boost

Telegraph

14-03-2025

The 2025 Cheltenham Festival reaches a climax on Gold Cup day and this year's renewal promises to be special. Galopin Des Champs, jockey Paul Townend and trainer Willie Mullins bid for a third straight Gold Cup win. Will you be banking on the reigning champion in your accumulator, Lucky 15 or bet365 Super Boost bet? Will we? Read on to find out.
Historically day four is a tough betting session and one for the bookies. You won't go too far wrong following well-supported horses in the market. Blue Lemons has been backed from 25/1 to 9/1 overnight and holds great claims in the Triumph Hurdle. The gelding will be ridden by yesterday's hero Rachel Blackmore for Willie Mullins.
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Tips for Cheltenham day 4
1.20
Hello Neighbour @ 5/1 with CopyBet
Gibbs Island @ 20/1 with CopyBet
2.00
Valgrand @ 13/2 with CopyBet
2.40
Limerick Lace @ 6/1 with CopyBet
3.20
Derryhassen Paddy @ 9/1 with CopyBet
Intense Approach @ 12/1 with CopyBet
Port Joulain @ 40/1 with CopyBet
Nativehill @ 40/1 with CopyBet
4.00
Galopin Des Champs @ 1/2 with CopyBet
4.40
Plan Of Attack @ 50/1 with CopyBet
5.20
Wodhooh @ 7/2 with CopyBet
Karafon @ 10/1 with CopyBet
Minella Sixo @ 14/1 with CopyBet
Odds provided by CopyBet and correct at the time of writing. Each-way selections are highlighted in the analysis below.
Cheltenham Day 4 Lucky 15 tips
Gibbs Island, Valgrand, Plan Of Attack and Minella Sixo (each-way) @ 120,487.5/1 with CopyBet
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1.20, Cheltenham – JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1, 2m 1f)
HELLO NEIGHBOUR, the first pick of the day, can continue his flawless record with a third win over hurdles here, following his two victories on the Flat.
Despite some closing opposition it was a comfortable win last time at the Dublin Racing Festival, and he was in a pair seven lengths clear of third when triumphing on the St Stevens Day card at Leopardstown. In the pair with him that day was Lady Vega Allen, who bids to make it four Triumph Hurdles in a row today for Willie Mullins. But her filly's allowance is a pound less today.
While the British hand is strong at the head of the market with Lulamba and East India Dock, GIBBS ISLAND looks a great each-way shout having improved markedly from run to run as he settled much better on his last outing. He has plenty of experience, having raced 15 times on the Flat in Ireland.
Gibbs Island is a horse with lots of potential based on his breeding, with many crossovers with a horse called Charbel, who finished fifth in a vintage Supreme behind none other than Altior, Min and Buveur D'air.
2.00, Cheltenham – William Hill County Handicap Hurdle (Class 2, 2m 4½f)
VALGRAND stormed on to the scene in the autumn with commanding performances and two comfortable wins. His limitations were exposed when finishing second to Potters Charm over 2m 5f, who had Grade 1 hopes in the Turners going into Cheltenham week.
Ever since then he has conceivably been ridden within his means with today in mind – and in doing so has dropped his mark 6lb from its peak. As the Skeltons have proved many times before, they can ready a charge for a big handicap, and this looks no different.
2.40, Cheltenham – Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase (Grade 2, 2m 4½f)
The Mares' Chase is always a tricky race to dissect with inconsistency often showing in many of the market principles. But the females are also credited with being smarter than their male counterparts, and in theory better at remembering good and bad races.
Based on that, the selection is for LIMERICK LACE who won this contest last time and is the only runner in the field with a Cheltenham victory to her name. The Grand National will be the main target this year, but a victory here would be the perfect preparation for that.
3.20, Cheltenham – Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1, 3m)
This contest is one of the hardest to predict at the Cheltenham Festival with none of the previous 11 winners going off as favourite – 10 of them priced 11/1 or higher and four of them at 33/1 or more.
With that in mind there are four selections for this race targeting both of those price points.
DERRYHASSEN PADDY and INTENSE APPROACH are two horses at lower odds with solid form lines, claiming the scalps of notable names this season such as Honky Tonk Highway and Gale Malher. They have plenty of potential and can win at healthy prices today.
PORT JOULAIN and NATIVEHILL are both priced as rank outsiders and share a form line with a horse called De Kingpin who is a well-thought-of horse trained by Ben Pauling. Nativehill finished second to that horse over 2m 4½f on Rules debut (he has won since) and Port Joulain beat De Kingpin in a three-mile point-to-point.
In fact the one thing all four picks have in common is point-to-point experience, which historically is a very good indicator in this race.
4.00, Cheltenham – Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1, 3m 2½f)
Performances in the Irish Gold Cup and Savills Chase this year have shown that at distances in excess of three miles there is no better horse than GALOPIN DES CHAMPS.
Over the years he has learnt to settle and travel well while respecting his obstacles. Those attributes, matched with his turn of foot at the end of the race, simply make him an astonishing horse and there is no reason to believe he will not make it three Gold Cups today given a clean round of jumping.
4.40, Cheltenham – St. James's Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters' Chase (Class 2, 3m 2½f)
Weighing up Hunter Chase and point-to-point form can be tough, and that is made even more difficult by an extended three-mile trip. It can occasionally pay to find a big price in this race and that is exactly what you will get from PLAN OF ATTACK, who is trained by Henry de Bromhead and will have the capable Barry O'Neill in the saddle.
The horse proved he is in good health when winning in cosy fashion last month, but it is his Cheltenham record that makes the 50/1 odds appeal most. He unfortunately fell in the Cross Country last year, but before that he had placed twice in that code at this venue and once more in the Kim Muir.
Hopefully the return to this venue will spark another great run out of this proven stayer.
5.20, Cheltenham – Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Class 2, 2m 4½f)
The 'lucky last' is a bit of a minefield, being the lowest-rated hurdle race of the week, catching many of the horses that were just too well handicapped to qualify for the bigger contests. That being said, some class is needed to win it, and this edition has an impressive roll of honour.
The first selection is WODHOOH, who based on the form of his December win here could be thrown in. The third-placed horse cruised to victory in the valuable William Hill Hurdle at Newbury and the third scooped up a Grade 2 mares' contest before finishing third in the Mares' Hurdle here earlier in the week.
Wodhooh's stablemate MINELLA SIXO also holds fair claims for the race for last year's winning trainer Gordon Elliot. His Boxing Day run was behind the current favourite in the Albert Bartlett earlier on the card, and his October outing at this venue reads well – a couple of lengths behind Potters Charm, who finished fifth in the Turners earlier this week.
KARAFON is the final selection of the Festival and could round off a great week for trainer Willie Mullins. It is his handicap debut and an official mark of 132 could prove lenient. He ended 33 lengths ahead of his stablemate Karniquet in December, who in turn finished fourth in the Supreme way back on Tuesday and before that was rated 146.
What is the Cheltenham Day 4 bet365 Super Boost?
Friday's Super Boost is Galopin Des Champs to take the Gold Cup, boosted to evens from 1/2. Thursday finally delivered a Super Boost winner with Fact To File triumphing in the Ryanair. Hopefully the same can happen today.
bet365 Super Boosts are being announced at 10am every day during the Cheltenham Festival. bet365 will be considerably boosting the price of one selection each day – this will typically be a popular odds-on shot boosted to evens, but you may even get prices like 6/4 or 2/1.
Last year three out of the four bet365 Super Boosts were successful.
Cheltenham tips: Frequently asked questions
What is an accumulator bet?
An accumulator or acca is a bet that consists of multiple bets (or legs) that multiply together for bigger odds if they all win.
What is a Lucky 15?
A Lucky 15 is a bet with four legs that consists of 15 separate bets: four singles, six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator.
What is an each-way bet?
An each-way bet is when you not only bet on your horse to win, but you also bet on them to finish in the top designated places in a race (this will vary from race to race and bookmaker to bookmaker).
The bet to finish in the places will be a fraction of the win odds (usually 1/5, but sometimes 1/4).
What does NAP mean?
Nap is short for Napoleon and denotes a tipster's best bet of the day.
What does SP mean?
SP stands for starting price – a horse's odds when a race begins.
What does BOG mean?
BOG stands for best odds guaranteed, an industry standard offer. Regarding bets placed after a certain time of day, if a horse's starting price is bigger than the odds you bet on, you will get the larger odds.
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