Dan Skelton Cheltenham 2026 day four runners blog: 'If he can't win this Gold Cup, he will never win one'

Esteemed trainer Dan Skelton has eight runners on day four of Cheltenham Festival 2026. He previews them all in his latest Ladbrokes blog.

• Maestro Conti - Cheltenham - 1.20 race odds

• Tellherthename & Sinnatra - Cheltenham - 2.00 race odds

• Panic Attack - Cheltenham - 2.40 race odds

• Moneygarrow - Cheltenham - 3.20 race odds

• Grey Dawning - Cheltenham - 4.00 race odds

• Charlus & Nurse Susan - Cheltenham - 5.20 race odds

Maestro Conti – 1.20 Cheltenham

Maestro Conti is a very good horse who has good course form and won on good ground around Kempton so he is a very versatile horse. I am delighted with his progress into the spring time and he looks great so I think he will go very well here. We have a lot of respect for the others but the fact that we have got course form, we can puff our chests out a bit and think we’ve got a big chance.

Tellherthename & Sinnatra – 2pm Cheltenham

We have two in the County Hurdle; a race we have won a couple of times. Both are suitable candidates for it. Tellherthename has his first ever run for us and it would be a massive ask to expect him to win, but he works very well. His trainers before us said he works so well and I can see that now. He’s had a few issues, and we hope we’ve ironed them out. We haven’t seen those problems, and we come here full of hope that things will go well. If those old problems don’t resurface then he is a player. His mark looks beneath him on home work.

Sinnatra’s in good form as well. He’s a little bit of a child, but his form has been good and improved. I think he has pounds in hand off his mark but he’s going to need to have. It wouldn’t surprise me if he is a better chaser, but I think this track and everything about the race should suit him.

Panic Attack – 2.40 Cheltenham

Panic Attack is one of our best chances of the week and I have said that in all the previews. She is in the form of her life. The form into spring has been maintained and she is in the best spot she could be in. I know it is a big statement saying that we can just go and beat Dinoblue but I think we have a massive chance.

Moneygarrow – 3.20 Cheltenham

Moneygarrow is my each-way outsider of the week. I feel like he has been a little bit overlooked. He has done nothing wrong. He stepped up to three miles last time and won well. The track will really suit him, his race style is really relaxed so he will get the trip around here, and he will be in with a big each-way chance.

Grey Dawning – 4pm Cheltenham

Grey Dawning is in the best form of his life. This is him at his absolute best and if he can’t win this Gold Cup, he will never win one. This year’s form has been significantly better than years gone by. He started in better form by winning at Haydock whereas the year before he got beat. He’s had a smooth run into the New Year, he was great in his prep run when he unfortunately made a mistake two out which cost him any chance of winning. But right now, everything is how we want it. The ground is nice and, in his favour, and he will never have a better chance of winning this than now. It is a very open Gold Cup. There are horses ahead of us in the betting who I thinkwe will beat, and there are horses ahead of us in the betting who we’ve got it all to do to beat .It is a very interesting race.

Charlus & Nurse Susan – 5.20 Cheltenham

We run two in the Martin Pipe. Charlus is relatively new to us. He had a run the other day and will enjoy the better ground. He doesn’t look the best handicapped, but a fast run race is what he needs. Nurse Susan didn’t raise a gallop at Fontwell the other day. She must have been in season. Her work at home since has been good. She is fresh, she is well, and she is coming into it in good track form really. Apart from that run, she’s in the best form that she’s ever been in at the track, so I think we can forgive that run. She has an each-way chance for sure.

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