Templegate’s Tote Placepot tips for Cheltenham Festival day four with huge £750,000 guaranteed

THE Cheltenham Festival reaches its climax as Galopin Des Champs seeks an historic hat-trick of Gold Cups.

Our man Templegate is back with his Placepot tips in the hope of helping you towards a share of that monster £750,000 guaranteed pot!

Paul Townend celebrates on board Galopin Des Champs after winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2024GETTY

THE Placepot is a bet where you select a horse to be placed in the FIRST SIX races of any meeting.

You can pick more than one horse in a race – you just multiply the number of selections in each race to calculate your stake. So for staking it’s 2x2x2x2x1x2 which adds up to 32 lines.

You can stake what you want upwards from 5p a line which would cost a total of £1.60. 10p a line is £3.20 and so on. Provided at least one in each race is placed, we get a payout!

Cheltenham Day Four Placepot Tips

LEG 1: Lulamba, East India Dock

LULAMBA hammered a big field on debut in France and was promptly bought by top connections and sent to Nicky Henderson who has an excellent record in this race.

His first British run at Ascot last time was eye-catching as he showed high cruising speed to see off a nice prospect without breaking sweat. East India Dock is a much tougher nut to crack but there’s lots of improvement to come and he looks well up to Triumph standard.

EAST INDIA DOCK had already won here before clocking a blistering time in taking the Trial for his in January. He jumps well and clearly has lots of speed. His 11 runs on the Flat is a bit of a worry as that’s more than usual. But he looks well up to the standard you need for this race and we know he likes Cheltenham.

LEG 2: Hansard, McLaurey

HANSARD gets my vote. He was Grade 1 level as a juvenile for the Moores and landed a decent handicap at Newbury last season before missing a whole year.

It’s taken him a little while to hit top gear after that but he was an excellent third behind Champion Hurdle 1-2 Golden Ace and Burdett Road in the Kingwell at Wincanton last time and looks on a very fair mark.

MCLAUREY scored in a big field on handicap debut at Leopardstown latest and looks highly progressive.

LEG 3: Brides Hill, Allegorie De Vassy

BRIDES HILL finished off last season really strongly with a 21-length victory in this grade at Punchestown the highlight. She has been brought along slowly this campaign by Gavin Cromwell with just two runs under her belt.

ALLEGORIE DE VASSY was the close second to her last time and isn’t out of this. She was beaten six lengths in this 12 months ago and something similar looks on the cards again.

LEG 4: Jasmin De Vaux, Jet Blue

JASMIN DE VAUX won the Champion Bumper here last year and can strike on his first run here since then. He kicked off over hurdles with a good win against 24 rivals at Navan in December.

He has found things a bit trickier at Grade 1 level since but he shapes as though moving up to this three-mile trip will bring out the best in him.

JET BLUE got the job done nicely in a Grade 2 here in December. He made a couple of errors but his engine got him up the hill for a convincing victory. That was over this trip and he’s one of the few in the field who has no questions to answer about his stamina.

LEG 5: Galopin Des Champs

GALOPIN DES CHAMPS is one of the best chasers of the 21st Century who has won his two Gold Cups with lots in hand. He has looked better than ever this season and goes on any ground. Would be the biggest shock in a week full of them if he’s beaten.

LEG 6 Angels Dawn, Shearer

ANGELS DAWN can sprout wings to make up for last year’s disappointment in this race. That was the last time she ran under Rules and she was looking good for at least a place before departing at the second-last. She has been in prolific form in Irish point to points building up to this race and her mares’ 7lb weight allowance could make all the difference.

SHEARER boasts winning course form and trainer Paul Nicholls has won this four times in the past 20 years. He looked a proper stayer when winning at Taunton and gets won well with trainer’s daughter Olive.

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