Cheltenham Tips: Timeform’s best Friday picks include a 13/2 shout

Timeform's tipsters like the look of Malaita in the 13:50.

Cheltenham Timeform

By / Horse Racing Tips / 7 months ago

Timeform’s Cheltenham Racing Tips

12:05 Dysart Enos
12:40 Grey Dawning
13:15 Panjari
13:50 Malaita
14:25 Storm Control
15:00 Galvin
15:35 White Rhino

*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change.

12:05 – Dysart Enos

DYSART ENOS returned from seven months off with an emphatic victory on her hurdling debut at Huntingdon a few weeks ago, forging clear from two out to win by seven and a half lengths. This will be tougher now taking on the boys under a penalty, but she should make significant progress, looking every inch a smart prospect. Unbeaten in three starts in bumpers last season, culminating with a wide-margin Grade 2 success at Aintree, Dysart Enos is fancied to make it five from five under Rules before stepping back up in grade.

12:40 – Grey Dawning

GREY DAWNING impressed when last seen winning what looked a red-hot graduation chase at Haydock by nine and a half lengths, beating last season’s National Hunt Chase winner/Grand National third Gaillard du Mesnil and the mare Apple Away, a Grade 1-winning novice hurdler at Aintree. Grey Dawning jumped boldly on the whole and an injection of pace in the straight soon left the other pair standing. A Grade 2 winner as a novice hurdler, he will go on improving as a chaser and is fancied to concede weight all round here to confirm himself one of the most promising novices in Britain.

13:15 – Panjari

PANJARI made the most of a good opportunity to get off the mark over hurdles at Taunton last month, justifying short odds with the minimum of fuss as he quickened clear to win by five and a half lengths. He now makes the switch to handicaps and there should be more to come from him after just three runs in this sphere. He’s certainly in the right hands with Paul Nicholls and an opening BHA mark of 117 looks potentially lenient judged on the useful form he showed on the Flat in Germany when trained by Andreas Wohler.

13:50 – Malaita

MALAITA again shaped encouragingly when finishing fourth at Warwick last time, racing closer than ideal to the strong gallop and sticking to her task well under the circumstances to be beaten only two and a quarter lengths. She is 1 lb lower in the weights today and the less testing conditions should also be in her favour. Proven at the track having won over hurdles here in April, Malaita remains with potential just two starts into her chasing career and it’s surely just a matter of time before she opens her account judged on her previous promise.

14:25 – Storm Control

STORM CONTROL has gone well fresh on a couple of occasions and could be worth siding with to make a winning return from 12 months on the sidelines. He was a useful handicap chaser at his best and his five career wins under Rules include a pair of Cheltenham victories, notably from a BHA mark of 137 at this meeting in 2020. Now down to a mark of 129, Storm Control shaped as if retaining most of his ability when last seen finishing fourth at Doncaster in December last year and this might not be quite so competitive now taking on fellow veterans for the first time.

15:00 – Galvin

GALVIN was an exciting recruit to the cross-country scene last season and it was a very smart performance from him when he filled the runner-up spot in the corresponding race at the Cheltenham Festival, keeping on well to pass the post only two and a half lengths behind stablemate Delta Work. Admittedly, he was below that form when finishing down the field in a handicap over the course and distance last time, but that run is likely to have blown the cobwebs away after seven months off. Tough and genuine, he is 3 lb lower in the weights today and could be worth another chance.

15:35 – White Rhino

WHITE RHINO improved again when finding one too good at the November Meeting, meeting with defeat for only the second time in his short handicap career. Beaten just three quarters of a length, he came from further back than the winner and was short of room on more than one occasion, doing well under the circumstances to finish as close as he did. A credit to his connections, White Rino should have more to offer now stepping up to three miles and a further 5 lb rise in the weights might not be enough to prevent him from making it five wins from his last seven starts.

Cheltenham Racing Tips

12:05 Dysart Enos
12:40 Grey Dawning
13:15 Panjari
13:50 Malaita
14:25 Storm Control
15:00 Galvin
15:35 White Rhino

*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change.

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