Mark Milligan's Cheltenham Tips: Three to back on Gold Cup Day

• Mark Milligan has a trio of singles on Gold Cup Day

• Just what the Doctor ordered for the NAP

• A big-priced multi also adds to the selections

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It's three winning Superboosts in Cheltenham week after our final day selection landed. More than 11,000 Betfair customers were on Willie Mullins' Selma De Vary to finish in the top four of the Triumph Hurdle at boosted odds of 5/42.25 from 4/91.44. Together with Old Park Star and Jonbon that means we have paid out multiple times this week! 

13:20 Cheltenham - Back Minella Study @ 11/26.50

Numerically, Irish runners dominate the Triumph Hurdle line-up, but Minella Study can give Britain a major say and there is plenty to like about his profile coming into this contest.

Still unbeaten over hurdles (debut came when trained in Ireland), he has looked a smart juvenile in the making and the strength of his last two performances really catch the eye. He showed both class and resilience to win the Wensleydale at Wetherby despite making a significant error at the second last, picking himself up well and still finding enough to assert.

The selection then strengthened his claims with an even more taking display in the Triumph Trial at Cheltenham, travelling strongly throughout before quickening clear in authoritative fashion over the same C&D as Friday's contest. That proven ability to handle the track and finish up the hill is an obvious asset in a race where not every rival arrives with that reassurance.

The Irish challenge is typically deep, but Minella Study brings solid form, course experience and the look of one who is still improving.

14:00 Cheltenham - Back Tellherthename E/W @ 8/19.00

Tellherthename makes plenty of appeal in the County Hurdle and has been well backed over the last few weeks ahead of his debut for the Dan Skelton team.

He arrives as one of the more intriguing runners in the field, with the potential to be better than his mark if everything clicks on the day. That is often an angle than can prove profitable in races such as this, where raw ability and untapped upside can count for more than just reliability.

There is obviously a leap of faith involved, particularly given his absence and that he was found to have bled on his final start for his previous stable, but the way he's been backed recently suggests that his current yard have got him exactly where they want him.

It's worth noting that as a juvenile (when trained by Ben Pauling) he was thought good enough to run in a Supreme and, if he settles into a rhythm and travels as some of his best efforts from that campaign suggest he can, he has the class to play a major role.

In a typically competitive County Hurdle, there's still some mileage in his current price, particularly with six places available from an each-way perspective.

15:20 Cheltenham - Back Doctor Steinberg NAP @ 7/24.50

Doctor Steinberg looks a major player in the Albert Bartlett and he's very much the one to beat if reproducing the level of form he has shown in Ireland this season. He comes here 3-3 over hurdles and has already proven he can mix it at a high level, with his Timeform rating of 147 ranking among the leading novice hurdlers of the campaign.

The key piece of form is his Dublin Racing Festival success, where he powered clear in the Grade 1 Nathaniel Lacy over 2m 6f on testing ground, beating the reopposing rival Kazansky by eight lengths. That performance advertised both his class and stamina, while Willie Mullins' decision to take him out of the Turners and keep him instead for this race strongly suggests connections believe this even stiffer test will suit (steps up to 3m for the first time).

In a race that often rewards toughness as much as speed/stamina, Doctor Steinberg brings the right blend of quality, progression and staying potential.

Mark Milligan's Cheltenham Multi Tip: Back Doctor Steinberg (15:20)/Gaelic Warrior (16:00) win double @ 20/121.00

Betfair is offering Bet £10 Get £10 on Racing Multis each day of the Cheltenham Festival, and I suggest combining the NAP of the day Doctor Steinberg in a double with another Mullins runner Gaelic Warrior in the Gold Cup.

While Gaelic Warrior's stamina for this test has to be taken a little on trust, for me he's the classiest runner in the field and, if he manages to reproduce his best form over the longest trip he's faced, he'll take plenty of beating.

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