Cheltenham Festival
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17 Jan 14
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Would not be surprised we get the full winter blast im March
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What an odd post!
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The end of the world is nigh....ffs
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Bizarre.
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not that bizarre really as the real cold stuff has yet to take hold.
3 frosts we have had we normally get that by the end of October... |
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Do you not remember last year? It was snowing at the beginning of March!
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Go on then,i'll start for the OP
OFF 9.2 ON no offers  |
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Anythings possible,and we have had cold March before,but I don't think it does much good thinking about it!!
Bloody depressing enough with all this rain losing us racing without thinking we could lose the festival. |
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It's as likely to be near t shirt weather as it is snow/freeze....the currant has got a bit of strength by then so fingers crossed .....that said with the mild winter we have had so far ( and the mild weathe last couple of cheltenham festivals) I think a cold blast is not a million as the weather patterns normally level out over the year (I am the eternal pessimist I admit ) 9.2 seems a fair price ....and a bet I'd be happy to lose
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To balance it up I got a tan on Kicking Kings Gold Cup it was that hot there
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Mild last festival? Where you there? I was freezing my balls off on Tuesday!!
Granted, you didn't even need a coat the two before |
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Bet you they'll turn on the taps at some point beforehand
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Aren't the taps already on?
Why let a few downpours get in the way of putting a bit extra on, just in case!  |
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Not that bizarre to speculate about the weather (and the whether). BF have had a market up in previous seasons.
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We haven't had the real cold stuff as yet, but it's not like that there is a set amount of bad weather that we have to have and as we haven't had it yet, it's therefore guaranteed to come later....we might not get it...full stop.
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The day Nick Dundee fell in the RSA I got sun burnt, I am kind of pale with freckles. But still that was last on my list of things about getting through the day. Ended up back in my hometown with my mate and I being taught the moves to Tragedy by Steps by a barmaid in a half empty nightclub. I was surprisingly good.
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How many times has the Festival been lost due to frost? None that I can remember. Midnight Court's Gold Cup was run in April (can't recall but suspect the ground was waterlogged in March), foot and mouth in 2001 and we lost a day not that long ago to very high winds.
It was very cold in the lead up last year....frost covers deployed, racing delayed, X country race rescheduled. It could happen again but thankfully, the likelihood is remote. |
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Yes and we could have a plague of locusts and if the carpet-chewing imbecile from UKIP is to be believed, we may as well start building the Ark now that Gays are getting equal rights.
Here's a thought. Put the weather worry beads down and concentrate on the formbook. What will be will be. |
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FF
Midnight Courts gold cup had been snowed off after Tuesdays racing, 1978 I think, and rescheduled for April, It would have been my first year at all three days of the festival.  |
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Remember the snow blizzard before The Thinkers Gold Cup looked really nice.
Dessie's Gold Cup almost waterlogged Wednesday lost to wind and created 2 magic days of racing |
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Yeah - that year when Wednesday was called off and we had marathon days on Thursday and Friday, was bloody excellent!
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