New Posts For Thread: Ferny Hollowhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollowA high profile horse out of the Festival. He is not the first and won't be the last to develop an injury. I don't want to be too pessimistic but the way that Covid19 is continuing it's erratic progress, will any Irish horses be able to travel over ingot at least 90 ante post bets on the festival probably 70 per cent irish trained ,am in for an awfull hammering if they are not allowed to participate!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollow?post_id=560291671#560291671got at least 90 ante post bets on the festival probably 70 per cent irish trained ,am in for an awfull hammering if they are not allowed to participate!Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:43:41 -0600Cheltenham without the Irish horses and punters obviously wouldn't be the same but if its that or nothing I'm happy to take it.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollow?post_id=560291415#560291415Cheltenham without the Irish horses and punters obviously wouldn't be the same but if its that or nothing I'm happy to take it.Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:36:47 -0600wouldnt be the same but lets worry about that when and if it happens .https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollow?post_id=560290673#560290673wouldnt be the same but lets worry about that when and if it happens .Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:48:03 -0600Dont matter what the reasons are....the simple fact is the festival without some of the best horses just aint what the festival should be.Watered down version.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollow?post_id=560290657#560290657Dont matter what the reasons are....the simple fact is the festival without some of the best horses just aint what the festival should be.Watered down version.Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:44:21 -0600It would not be the same but there are all sorts of reasons why horses don't run and a travel ban could be one of them. It must be tempting for connections of Envoi Allen and a few others to move them to an English yard after new year if allowed to.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollow?post_id=560289551#560289551It would not be the same but there are all sorts of reasons why horses don't run and a travel ban could be one of them. It must be tempting for connections of Envoi Allen and a few others to move them to an English yard after new year if allowed to.Tue, 22 Dec 2020 07:46:51 -0600Cheltenham without the Irish would simply not be Cheltenham , it would be a Bangor on Dee on a dreary Monday...The winners could never really be called Champions now could they!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollow?post_id=560289047#560289047Cheltenham without the Irish would simply not be Cheltenham , it would be a Bangor on Dee on a dreary Monday...The winners could never really be called Champions now could they!Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:12:09 -0600Yeh,still have it of course, i was more meaning it would not be near the same without the Irish.And be a few horses winning races and becoming Festival winners that normally would not.It would still be a spectacle, just the quality diminished somewhahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollow?post_id=560288865#560288865Yeh,still have it of course, i was more meaning it would not be near the same without the Irish.And be a few horses winning races and becoming Festival winners that normally would not.It would still be a spectacle, just the quality diminished somewhaTue, 22 Dec 2020 04:16:54 -0600Every point in having Cheltenham Festival if the Covid rules allow. GB owners and trainers badly need the prize money and if there are no Irish there, they will get all of it. And in answer to the point about football etc, the restrictions for the nehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollow?post_id=560288667#560288667Every point in having Cheltenham Festival if the Covid rules allow. GB owners and trainers badly need the prize money and if there are no Irish there, they will get all of it. And in answer to the point about football etc, the restrictions for the neTue, 22 Dec 2020 02:20:39 -0600It must be odds on that we'll all be in another 3 month lock down or longer very shortly like the first one with everything shut down.If it wasn't for Xmas we'd be in it right now IMO.Nearly twice as transmissible with a peak predicted greater than thttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollow?post_id=560286475#560286475It must be odds on that we'll all be in another 3 month lock down or longer very shortly like the first one with everything shut down.If it wasn't for Xmas we'd be in it right now IMO.Nearly twice as transmissible with a peak predicted greater than tMon, 21 Dec 2020 09:35:42 -0600Not much point in having the festival without the Irish, imo.Certainly be lessened by some way.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31681361/ferny-hollow?post_id=560286251#560286251Not much point in having the festival without the Irish, imo.Certainly be lessened by some way.Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:39:30 -0600