Cheltenham going specials markets

I'm not sure that they will be able to get enough water on the course to make it good to soft, so well done the poster who advocated taking the 7/2 about 'good' more than a week ago! Forecast is no more rain after this morning - there hasn't been as much as forecast overnight - and it will become warmer. When the ground rides on the quick side Cheltenham actually becomes quite sharp with more emphasis on agility and speed than stamina. The only saving grace is tha the turf will be in fantastic condition.

I've started most fo the other tyhreads about the going and weather so thanks for the credit FF - I do my best to highlight a good bet when I see one.

Obviously nothing is certain yet, and it has rained fairly heavily for the last 5 hours here in Northamptonshire - not sure how much Cheltenham got. I'd guess the going will be back to good-to-soft tonight and then there is no more rain forecast, and it's warm and sunny at the weekend so hopefully it will be like last year where he waters to stop it going good-to-firm, but is happy to call it good. Though with clerks of the course you just never know.

2 things...

1) Simon Claise usually does a very detailed interview with the Morning Line team on Saturday AM re the going and the weather. He's not got it wrong in my memory

2) Turftrax is independant so that's always a good neutral view of going. Click here:

http://maps.turftrax.co.uk/latestgoingreport.asp?course=Cheltenham

They tell you what time they stook they're proverbal 'stick' in the ground and relay this to the website.

Looks like it still needs some water unless to me. Any locals got a weather forecast for us?


I so can't wait... doesn't begin to describe it. It's like being 5 year old again on Xmas Eve :-)

Bit of rain this morning but suspect only a few millimetres. Cleared up now and sun is shining.

so at best we are going to see good all round in tomorrow's turftrax. They will have to apply a fair few gallons to get it good to soft especially with a breezy rainless forecast up until the weekend. Glad I didn't pile into the 2/5 on that was available with number of highstreet firms I would be sweating now!

Last year I remember the ground being officialy GS moved to good about 5 minutes after the supreme finished.

Too many people forget its not the official going its actually what the official calls the going hope this helps

Spot on Biscar, wise words indeed, but I think even the master might well struggle this year. Good looks pretty much unavoidable to me, unless he manages to redivert the Severn between now and next Tuesday.

Last year it was officially 'good, good-to-soft in places' at the start of the meeting - so for betting purposes the winning selection was 'good'.

iirc it was chnaged to good all round after about 4 races.