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Cheltenham Festival
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Rather than depend on the Met Office or God forbid the BBC can people close to the Course post what's happening weather-wise there on an ongoing basis till Tuesday...I'm sure many would be appreciative
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Yes it would be very helpful
Hopefully Paris pike is around |
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One thing it is chaps is it's cold. In addition we have had some light rain/sleet this morning.
Because of the air temperature, this "should" prevent the clerk from watering. I live around 5 miles (westerly) from the course |
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thanks sawyer any daily updates appreciated and good luck !
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Go onto the bha website.
Goings, weather and watering all on there. |
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Good To Soft (Good In Places)
Going Stick 6.3 on Tue 15:00pm Weather No snow overnight. 1mm of sleet so far today. An unsettled forecast for the week ahead with wintery showers. Spells of rain/sleet forecast until the weekend. Temperatures forecast to rise over the weekend and a drier outlook for Festival week. Watering:No further watering planned unless necessary following an unsettled week. |
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More sleet this morning followed by rain - some fairly heavy bits too.
Stopped around 10 and definitely not as cold as yesterday. |
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Extensive comments from the CoC on the RP site (which can be boiled down to "we don't know").
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thanks sawyer!
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Pi55ed with rain for most of the afternoon Foyles but stopped now
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Gonna be cold next week
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Likely to start on soft ground and according to forecast be softer on Thursday, Friday.
Should make the Gold Cup a real test. |
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12mm of rain in the last 24hrs. Covering of snow (@07:30). Snow flurries should clear by 10:00 today and then remain mainly dry. Overnight frost followed by a dry day tomorrow until some spells of rain/sleet in the evening. Dry during the day on Sunday with a band of rain moving in during the evening and through the night into Monday morning (5-8mm). An unsettled outlook for Festival week with occasional showers.
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Again quite heavy rain/sleet and a bit of real snow early doors - cold and sunny now
There is snow on them there hills |
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Given the forecast for the entire Festival I think the going will be soft to begin with and probably get progressively softer throughout. The Irish horses - not that they need further assistance given their ability - will be aided further, I think.
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'The Sawyer', thanks for the regular update. Keep them coming. Will it be abandoned, you think?
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impossible12310 Mar 23 18:20Joined: 07 Sep 15 | Topic/replies: 22,829 | Blogger: impossible123's blog
Given the forecast for the entire Festival I think the going will be soft to begin with and probably get progressively softer throughout. The Irish horses - not that they need further assistance given their ability - will be aided further, I think. Not necessarily so you need some serious rain thro the meet for that to be the case. Last couple of races on Wednesday last year ran on heavy but less than 48 hours later you have the triumph on gd to soft |
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Why would it help Irish horses IMPOSSIBLE the last few years Heavy has been found rarely on Irish courses,but ur right they have plenty ability
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Won't be abandoned impossible - glorious here this morning and temperatures set to rise.
what has surprised me is that the surface water has mostly evaporated although it didn't feel that warm walking Mutley this morning. |
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thanks for the updates sawyer!
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The usual media lack of criticism for a clerk who has messed up by overwatering two years in a row.
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going to be a soft ground cheltenham for 6 consecutive years
no thanks |
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How can you have a pop at the clerk of the course this year?
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45mm watering in february...absolutely ridiculous
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He hadn't rained all year. What should he have done? Left it as it was?
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I agree brandy
The temperatures for the next few days are set to rise with Tuesday and Wednesday being "normal" March numbers. If there is little or no rain it wouldn't surprise me if he watered the new course ahead of the final two days. The course drains overly well and with a bit of warm air - feck me it could be at worst good-soft. Back to today it has rained in the last couple of hours but not a significant amount, but it ain't shirt sleeve weather |
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Only certain irish horses will be aided
Gentlenan de mee, chemicak energy and marine national wont |
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Claisse was class. His biggest problems were the media , the public and mostly the BHA . If the bha wanted good and there was a deluge the night before he would have good in the going description by lunchtime.He had all the drains relaid in the cross country and fences moved nearer hedges and trees, what was a bog six months of the year round suddenly came up much dryer. He had a geyser there who knew where to put the going stick for the right reasons. What he organised a couple of years back for the Irish contigent during Covid was unbelievable. He took ground maintenance to a new level and wanted parts of the course churned up and relaid because of reverse cambers, he told the bha time and time again until he got the golden handshake. Fair play to him, the new man has got a lot to live up to.
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Bentring ...if its heavy at galway they need flippers on the hooves
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Sure b4 they race there if they pointed in Maralin they would a needed a tractor to get them home
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Plenty of good to soft in the latest going report, but great uncertainty about how much more rain will fall.
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Been a dry day and definitely milder than it has been. Breezier than expected but not as warm as I had thought it would be given the forecast.
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Loads of rain tonight and tomorrow and then snow Tuesday morning and very cold.
Can see it being soft / heavy in places or the reverse. |
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Uncle
Not been heavy on the opening day this century,I backed heavy at 40/1 foot and mouth year if they had of raced it would have been heavy |
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Uncle, where ate you seeing snow? Temperatures are not dipping below 4°
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jimnast 12 Mar 23 16:52 Joined: 03 Jan 01 | Topic/replies: 12,300 | Blogger: jimnast's blog
Uncle Not been heavy on the opening day this century. It was heavy at the start of the meeting in 2018. |
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Soft ground 2018 opening day uncle
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https://www.racingpost.com/results/11/cheltenham/2018-03-13/689702
It was 100% definitely heavy - I know because I won plenty,  https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30991903/festival-weather-watch?pg=1 |
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Jimnast
can you remember about 8 years ago the Sunday meeting at the PaddyPower meeting what horrible conditions,they cancelled the meeting before the last. Enjoy Tuesday. Ronnie. |