New Posts For Thread: Anyone here walk the course ?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-courseBeen on both courses in the past ten yearsAnd have never agreed totally with the going descriptionThe readings are inconsistent and my feeling isIts the flagship of the BHA I think Firm and Heavy are words they reluctantly use As a last resort.I haveDont think there is a trainer hereThat doesnt walk out or around the courseAs soon as they gets thereNearly every jockey doesBecause they all know itsThe most important factorhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-course?post_id=556732333#556732333Dont think there is a trainer hereThat doesnt walk out or around the courseAs soon as they gets thereNearly every jockey doesBecause they all know itsThe most important factorThu, 28 Feb 2019 03:05:20 -0600Torrential rain forecast for most of the weekend and showers on a few days next week. Premature to water yet.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-course?post_id=556732305#556732305Torrential rain forecast for most of the weekend and showers on a few days next week. Premature to water yet.Thu, 28 Feb 2019 02:47:17 -0600Walked the entire New Course today. Absolutely glorious weather. A good consistent covering of grass. It walked “flat good to soft” NH faster than good. Claisse will have to water gradually. All the best!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-course?post_id=556729263#556729263Walked the entire New Course today. Absolutely glorious weather. A good consistent covering of grass. It walked “flat good to soft” NH faster than good. Claisse will have to water gradually. All the best!Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:43:37 -0600took the reading under the trees and called it good to soft?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-course?post_id=556674593#556674593took the reading under the trees and called it good to soft?Tue, 19 Feb 2019 08:56:38 -0600I was told this by a member of ground staff at fontwell park. He knew where to get the right readings from the stick.i can't remember but he told me how many readings he had to take to get an assessment. If he got heavy readings in certain places hehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-course?post_id=556665435#556665435I was told this by a member of ground staff at fontwell park. He knew where to get the right readings from the stick.i can't remember but he told me how many readings he had to take to get an assessment. If he got heavy readings in certain places heMon, 18 Feb 2019 03:21:05 -0600there is defo politics involved with the going descriptions and that will only intensify after the latest welfare review1 point to note though about the x-country course is that the ground will often be different to the main tracks because the drainahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-course?post_id=556587407#556587407there is defo politics involved with the going descriptions and that will only intensify after the latest welfare review1 point to note though about the x-country course is that the ground will often be different to the main tracks because the drainaThu, 07 Feb 2019 05:19:29 -0600Pretty sure that’s what happened the day I mentioned ramruma.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-course?post_id=556580547#556580547Pretty sure that’s what happened the day I mentioned ramruma.Wed, 06 Feb 2019 04:43:25 -0600One problem with going reports is they are still subjective. Often not even the jockeys agree about the ground they've just ridden on. The going stick was supposed to address this, and to be fair, we don't see the wide discrepancies we used to when ihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-course?post_id=556580537#556580537One problem with going reports is they are still subjective. Often not even the jockeys agree about the ground they've just ridden on. The going stick was supposed to address this, and to be fair, we don't see the wide discrepancies we used to when iWed, 06 Feb 2019 04:41:42 -0600When you think the bha are quite petty about pulling and fining the likes of jockeys and trainers (not the likes of Nicky) yet seem to turn a blind eye about going reports.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-course?post_id=556580417#556580417When you think the bha are quite petty about pulling and fining the likes of jockeys and trainers (not the likes of Nicky) yet seem to turn a blind eye about going reports.Wed, 06 Feb 2019 04:00:47 -0600Yes thats my experience foxy.I have been out for the cross country a few times and seen surface water and slipped in mud .....knew immediately it was no where near the good to soft, soft in places. It was a minimum soft all over.Another time could bhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31501597/anyone-here-walk-the-course?post_id=556580389#556580389Yes thats my experience foxy.I have been out for the cross country a few times and seen surface water and slipped in mud .....knew immediately it was no where near the good to soft, soft in places. It was a minimum soft all over.Another time could bWed, 06 Feb 2019 03:52:07 -0600