New Posts For Thread: there should be a 2m4f championship racehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-raceme thinks... oscar whiskey is the prime example of a horse that needs it, i think it should have been added long ago... are all 2 and a half mile horses expected to run in handicaps, at the wrong distances or wait for aintree?BJG 03 Feb 13 22:46 Go back to 3 days and get rid of half the shoite races ffs Exactly,the festival has been diluted enoughhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-race?post_id=528925257#528925257BJG 03 Feb 13 22:46 Go back to 3 days and get rid of half the shoite races ffs Exactly,the festival has been diluted enoughSun, 10 Feb 2013 15:15:54 -0600I'm sure its prob on here already but, the mare's race is a total joke. Open that up.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-race?post_id=528925041#528925041I'm sure its prob on here already but, the mare's race is a total joke. Open that up.Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:07:42 -0600The problem comes when you get a dominant horse in one or both of the other divisions because it gives connections of other horses somewhere to run to. This year is a classic example, you've got Cue Card trying to be turned into a 3 miler, FR won't ehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-race?post_id=528924677#528924677The problem comes when you get a dominant horse in one or both of the other divisions because it gives connections of other horses somewhere to run to. This year is a classic example, you've got Cue Card trying to be turned into a 3 miler, FR won't eSun, 10 Feb 2013 14:53:42 -0600It's hard to see why there should be one for fences and not hurdles, but in my opinion there should be nether at Cheltenham. Aintree was conceived as the 2.5 m Championships for both hurdles and fences and it should have been left that way.I don't thhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-race?post_id=528923781#528923781It's hard to see why there should be one for fences and not hurdles, but in my opinion there should be nether at Cheltenham. Aintree was conceived as the 2.5 m Championships for both hurdles and fences and it should have been left that way.I don't thSun, 10 Feb 2013 14:19:09 -0600im not feeling all these new races, but i would like to see a legends/veterens race, not a race for betting or prize money just to see our old favourites again at the home of NH racinghttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-race?post_id=528922845#528922845im not feeling all these new races, but i would like to see a legends/veterens race, not a race for betting or prize money just to see our old favourites again at the home of NH racingSun, 10 Feb 2013 13:44:32 -06003 mile bumper needed.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-race?post_id=528921871#5289218713 mile bumper needed.Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:03:29 -0600Would need to be 5 or 6 mile really,i would love to no the best plodder around.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-race?post_id=528751545#528751545Would need to be 5 or 6 mile really,i would love to no the best plodder around.Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:54:38 -0600u cant put extra races in just because a horse either hasn't got the speed for 2m or the speed for 3m. so if horses are staying on strongly at the end of the gold cup then should ther be a 4m grade 1 aswell?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-race?post_id=528750265#528750265u cant put extra races in just because a horse either hasn't got the speed for 2m or the speed for 3m. so if horses are staying on strongly at the end of the gold cup then should ther be a 4m grade 1 aswell?Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:41:14 -0600I agree that a lot of the new races are desperate (especially the two-and-a-half-mile conditional handicap), but wouldn't mind seeing the addition of a two-and-a-half-mile championship hurdle.I am not sure I agree with this 'dilution' of the other chhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-race?post_id=528746615#528746615I agree that a lot of the new races are desperate (especially the two-and-a-half-mile conditional handicap), but wouldn't mind seeing the addition of a two-and-a-half-mile championship hurdle.I am not sure I agree with this 'dilution' of the other chMon, 04 Feb 2013 00:32:42 -0600Go back to 3 days and get rid of half the shoite races ffshttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27423317/there-should-be-a-2m4f-championship-race?post_id=528737257#528737257Go back to 3 days and get rid of half the shoite races ffsSun, 03 Feb 2013 16:46:09 -0600