Cheltenham Festival 2024 Tips: Sir Gino headlines Daryl Carter's best bets for each day

• Sir Gino leads Daryl Carter's quartett of best bets

• Corbetts Cross will outclass his National Hunt Chase rivals

• Grey Dawning is a good value in Turners

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Day 1 - National Hunt Chase - Back Corbetts Cross @ 7/42.75

Corbetts Cross - 7/42.75 on the Betfair Sportsbook - looks like a cracking bet on Day 1 in the National Hunt chase, having had his season entirely shaped around settling with a view to this longer distance race.

The Emmet Mullins trained-horse was backed off the boards for the Albert Bartlett last season and sent off favourite. Despite pulling the arms off Mark Walsh, he travelled all over his rivals and traded at a low of 1.75/7 before running out at the final hurdle.

He had a BSP of 3.49249/100 compared to his main market rival today, Embassy Gardens' 10.09/1, who pulled up in the race. Despite being much closer together in the market here, Corbetts Cross continues to receive the money.

The seven-year-old is out of an unraced Dam whose Sire, Amilynx, was a dour stayer on the flat over 2m. His sire, Gamut, is responsible for smart staying pair Road To Riches (sixth in the Grand National) and Road To Respect (169), so stamina shouldn't be an issue. I liked how he hit the line in the Neville Hotels Novices Chase at Leopardstown behind the smart Grangclare West. That race has a good habit of throwing up horses that do well in the National Hunt Chase.

We are yet to see the best of Corbetts Cross, and this will be a small field. The English challenge is fragile, and Salvador Ziggy has questions to answer, having reportedly bled in America when last seen 143 days ago.

Day 2 - Brown Advisory Novice Chase - Back Fact To File

Wednesday is a bit of a tricky day. While he is short enough in the betting, I am writing this with punters in mind who may consider placing some of these selections in accumulators so Fact To File--4/51.80 on the Betfair Sportsbook--gets pole position.

The rapidly improving seven-year-old is likely to face a small field in the second race on the second day, and the Willie Mullins inmate has been mind-blowing on the clock in his two most recent starts.

The Irish point-to-point winner is the talk of the town as the next Gold Cup hope from his powerful stable, and he will have no issue with moving up in distance. He has such a lightly raced profile, having wasted no time over hurdles and moving straight to fences, and the Champion Bumper second has all the hallmarks of being a top-class performer.

Cheek-pieces will be enlisted on his main market rival, Stay Away Fay, while Monty's Star shouldn't have the pace to compete when the taps are turned on. Fact To File is a strong selection for this race, especially when Grey Dawning favours the Turners Novices' Chase.

Day 3 - Turners Novices Chase - Back Grey Dawning @ 5/23.50

Grey Dawning - 5/23.50 on the Betfair Sportsbook - tops my betting list on Thursday in the opening Turners Novices' Chase with the caveat that Gaelic Warrior will now run in the Arkle.

Dan Skelton's grey is a force to be reckoned with over fences, and this galloping new course, despite being over a trip shy of what we will see him at the peak of his powers next season, will suit.

The seven-year-old is a year younger than his rival Ginny's Destiny, whom he should have beaten over course and distance in December but for a catastrophic mistake at the second last flight. Coming back at the winner as hard as he did almost certainly suggests he can reverse the form--he beat him comfortably over hurdles at Warwick last season.

Since then, he has waltzed home over three miles at Warwick, and he has had the perfect preparation for this assignment.

Day 4 - Triumph Hurdle - Back Sir Gino @ 8/111.73

Speaking of forces to be reckoned with - a quote courtesy of Nico de Boinville - Sir Gino - currently 8/11 on the Betfair Sportsbook - can't go much shorter than he is now, but for those looking to back a winner on Cheltenham week, you can't go far wrong with the new star in town.

With Constitution Hill out of the Festival, Sir Gino will lead the line for Nicky Henderson, and they have an outstanding prospect in this youngster.

He comes from a strong race in France, which has produced the likes of State Man and Gaelic Warrior in recent years. He could have won that race more than the winning margin suggests against Salvator Mundi.

He is improving with each run and produced the "wow factor" when winning over course and distance on his latest start. It will take a monstrous performance to see Sir Gino beaten here.

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