Possible Irish travel restrictions

Bl00dy hope not!!

It’s a tricky one ,be the end of A P betting for many should it happen

I think Betfair will soon include clauses to protect backers of Irish horses for the Cheltenham Festival.

has cheltenham been brought forward for 2021 ?

Doubt we will even have a festival, this thread is supposing that sport is continuing, I think that is highly questionable now.

Yep, thats what i am now thinking Duffy
Just does not look good at all, and getting worse.

oxford vaccine very close many will be sorted before the festival only difference will be a smaller roar when the tapes go up.

I hope you are right
I fear you are wrong

They will have a hard lock down with everything lost whilst they vaccinate people, the situation is beginning to descend into an even greater chaos than we already have, the new strains complicating things still further and with the added suggestion that younger people (who are harder to restrict) are more susceptible.

Duffy/Budd

I have huge respect for you both but not entirely sure why this thread is going down the path it is. I started readingthis thread as the op raised a fundamental point only to find I am reading a will it or won’t if go ahead thread. Had there been an official thread on this subject I would have had the opportunity to avoid it which I most definitely would have done

That's Fair comment.

I will stick to my first reply, and leave it at that.

I think I have only just recovered from the uncertainty preceding this years festival. I do not have the mental fortitude to go through that again. I am now rocking in the corner reciting the serenity prayer over and over again.

many of us got to involved in the uncertainty preceding this years festival it was unhealthy.

I think we should actually ponder what sort of will there would be to even have a festival without the Irish, I think the spectacle of it would be farcical at the very least.

do you think trainers/owners wont enter their horses because the irish are not here ? if people can attend do you think they will not go because the irish are not here ?

Anyway, back to the thread topic.

It would be very tough to take for me personally IF the Irish aint there, as i have a fair few potentially exciting bets on Irish horses, at i think nice value prices, plus multiples inc Irish horses.
Its one thing losing money on bets on horses that dont run, but to have the chance of watching to see how those bets placed pan out taken away, would leave me gutted.

I am not going and have told many of the boyos its too dangerous.
There is no doubt that the quality would deteriorate without the Irish and it wouldn't be the best in the World.
You used to be able to rely upon top quality in the U K , this applied to every aspect of the Cheltenham service from the transport in and out , the food ,the accomodation.
Its taken a bit of a downward turn since the four day decision but covid has pulled the quality rug from under our feet.
There is a lack of space and personal respect for people now , drunks and party goers, a seed box for covid .

thats the nature of antepost betting,not getting the chance to see how things would have panned out,the events around this year could be one of the strange one's but thats life

Yes of course i understand that Gazo, and nornmal reasons for not running would see no complaints from me.

This is far from normal.

Gazo
So i take it you are of the mind, that if one has backed a horse that cannot run because of the decisions surrounding a deadly virus,then basically....tough?

of course you should get your money back,you just made out you would be more gutted not to see how those bets would have got on and that happens every year

I would be, but again that would be because of the pandemic that i did not get to see how they panned out,and that dont happen any year.
And hopefully not next year either.

Anyway, thanks for answering.

I will not be backing any Irish horse for March. I have laid Envoi Allen for the Marsh but that is it.

All bets on the exchange will be classed as none runners / losers.  Plenty of books will void as a PR exercise I suspect.