raceform update .cheltenham guide

is this out yet?

If its been amalgamated with the Racing Post Weekender (which I think it has) then it's out tomorrow, hope they don't change too much used to quite like it

cheers,i will look for it tomorrow

I know Raceform Update is merging with Weekender, but are they still producing a Cheltenham specific paper, if so is out yet?

hi, yes i bought it today good value imo £2.99

Cheers, will be grabbing one

Hi Everyone,

Yes, it's out tomorrow in all good paper shops.

I've called Raceform and it was sent to homes today and papershops tomorrow. Enjoy! i certainly will, trouble is I can't put the bloody thing down! [:p]

Love this preview generally, but struggling to find it locally this year for some reason. Might have to go a little further afield!

has this been amalgamated with the weekender??

Yep it's CHELTENHAM  The Ultimate Guide. Front cover has pics of Brennan, McCoy, Geraghty & Walsh all holding up banners with the names of the big races they won last year

E.g Brennans says Gold Cup etc

Im sure the weekender/cheltenham special never had those pics on cover.

Are we talking the newspaper? Or a book?

lost a lot of it's relevance when they just stuck The Racing Post Form into it a few years ago. The Update is being ditched as well.

''Im sure the weekender/cheltenham special never had those pics on cover.

Are we talking the newspaper? Or a book?''


The weekly Raceform Update has indeed been merged with The Weekender as of this week. However, Raceform also do a Cheltenham Festival Special paper which by all accounts has still been published this year.

The OP was enquiring about the Raceform Update Cheltenham guide which was always a newspaper. This year, because the Raceform Update & Weekender have been merged it has been printed as The Weekender The Ultimate Guide - as a newspaper £2.99)

It's the same as it's alwys been it's just that it's now published by the Weekender and not Raceform Up[date (which no longer exists).  HTH

^^ Exactly. So Cheltenham guide buyers are looking for blue not red in the newsagent.

Tbh I think they may have shot themselves in the foot here as it is quite hard to distinguish the weekly Weekender from the Weekender Cheltenham Guide. That said, Smiths at the station sold out of both by Thursday.

i've been bloody looking for this thing all week and annoyed that i can't find it and study in advance ahead of a mad but very happy week next week!