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Warm, sunny and windy today. Turftrax graphic will have changed again since yesterday. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there is some selective watering of the old course on Monday.
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Claisse just been interviewed on C4 racing. Said it's holding on to its moisture well. Envisages good to soft, good in places by Tuesday, and is happy with that. He said it is 'highly unlikely' he will water.
Didn't rule out watering the new course, if it stayed dry until the back end of the festival, but that seemed to be it. Looks like has has it spot on to me. Also said it is the best coverage of new grass he has seen in the fourteen years at the course. |
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Id like to bet winning jockey 1st race says GOOD good to soft ,Unfortunately that is not the case
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he will do case, but this market is what the going is described as by claisse prior to the 1st
interesting the going stick reading from yesterday was 5.8 (soft side of good to soft), tallies with the comment that the ground is retaining the moisture quite well will defo dry out by tuesday - plenty of good in the usual places - but good to soft description |
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Interesting going stick reading yesterday 5.8 and hes calling it good to soft yet the meeting started on soft(gd sft in places) ground last year with a reading of 6.0!!
So as stated wonder still on the soft side of gd to soft |
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nick walking course tomorrow be interesting to see what he has to say ..
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Needs to dry to around 7.3 for even good to be mentioned
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Henderson just now on the question watering "Why should the good ground horses be penalised just because they want to slow it down? It's wrong." Couldnt have put it better myself Hendo!
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latest turftrax map
. http://maps.turftrax.co.uk/latestgoingreport.asp?course=Cheltenham |
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SUNNY all next week
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GOOD 5/4
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Mr Henderson is walking the course tommorow ,in probably 18 degree sunny heat, lets wait till after he walks the course
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Top trainers outline ground hopes
Last Updated: March 8 2014, 19:39 GMT Nicky Henderson and Paul Nicholls have both expressed their hopes that no watering will be necessary at Cheltenham before the Festival kicks off on Tuesday. The ground was reported to be good to soft on Saturday, with the cross country course soft in places and a predominately dry forecast to look forward to. Both Henderson and Nicholls believe the Cheltenham groundstaff should hold off on watering until at least the end of the first day, when the jockeys have had chance to assess how the track is riding. Henderson said: "I do sincerely hope they don't water. I think it will be a tragedy if they do. "Let nature take its course and if nature says it's good ground, let them run on good ground and let the good ground horses have their day. "It cannot possibly be good to firm by Thursday. I'm going to put a horse in the back of my car tomorrow and I'm going to take him to Cheltenham and ride him in front of (clerk of the course) Simon Claisse and they will make a good print, I promise you. "It might walk good to a lot of people, but until you gallop a horse on it, you will not know how it will ride. "I don't think you can even think of watering until the boys have told them after day one. It's the most dangerous thing you can do. "Why should the good ground horses be penalised just because they want to slow it down? It's wrong!" Nicholls echoed Henderson's sentiments and thinks it is unlikely the ground will get too quick after a very wet winter. He said: "I spoke to Simon (Claisse) at length about it last night and his concern is that it might dry out after the first two days. "He was worried about whether he waters this weekend to make sure it doesn't (dry out) rather than water later in the week, but that's a fair gamble to take because it has been so wet. "If it is just a little bit on the quicker side, it is bound to be safe ground and I told him that if they do have to water because it does get that quick, then I'd be very, very surprised." |
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lets hope they listen...
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latest report 12.45 today...
5.9 on going stick, ground on main track good to soft all over, not a single patch of good anywhere no rain forecast this week, tomorrow lots of cloud, much cooler than today, light winds ground for tuesday will be absolutely lovely, be like a carpet, and called good to soft, good in places |
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Let's hope by Thursday
Plenty of good about ! Than it's down to the trainers to walk the course Find that magic carpet strip!  |
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2nd update today 3pm
still good to soft all over on main track, going stick reading given out at 6.4 first good patches might be appearing by end of tomorrow near 2nd last hurdle and near turn in back straight, though totally different day tomorrow forecast compared with today and 6.4 isn't good side of good to soft so may even be status quo by end of play tomorrow |
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There should be no excuses on account of the ground but it will ride much quicker than most they have been racing on during the past 3 months. This is only a problem for horses that need it proper soft. The best horses will strut their stuff on this.
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agreed, its shaping up like perfect ground
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It is still dry, but it is not warm. Light chilly easterly blowing in my back garden.
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Overcast probably a good thing TS. Claisse won't want it to sry out much more before tomorrow.
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cold and overcast today
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good to soft it is then... weighed in but im glad that is over and we can get on with the horses. Claisse on ruk live 1 minute ago it is good to soft and no real areas of good with it being slightly overcast today. we will jump off at 130 tmrw on good to soft all round.
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claisse on RUK just called it good to soft all over on main track
hinted ground near 2nd last hurdle is edging towards good but will probably remain good to soft all over for tomorrow, maybe add good in places before the off good to soft weighed in  |
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We know he will call it good to soft but will it be quicker than that
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of course it will
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latest going report now states "good ground" in patches
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just had a photo sent to me from the course - the very green striped grass & course look amazing!
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Officially 'good to soft, good in places' - bankruptcy avoided.
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first 4 races all under standard today, 2m hurdle record broken twice....
Ground must have been at least Good, not Good to Soft today? Surely Claisse will turn on the taps tomorrow night on the New Course? |
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got the ground totally wrong, timed the first the myself and it was 3.49.
still felt that was give in the ground, maybe the horses are getting faster  |
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I presume you chaps weren't notified that the times are recorded differently which will give an impression of it being faster than it is?
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the differing "methodology" of recording times would be nowhere near enough to make up the difference between varying types of ground between Good and Good to Soft.... or Good to Soft and Soft....
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the different methology in times made around 3.5s difference to the 2m hurlde race
and also the arkle. not so much difference to the 3m chase race where they pass that pole right after the tapes up, anyway i'm using my own hand times for this year and I make it spot on good ground. |
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*methodology
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Agree Stevie.
Definitely good ground. How they can give out the "new" times and then say its a track record is ridiculous. |