New Posts For Thread: Is this the worst Festival for years.??https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-yearsHard to get enthused for this years Festival:1. Soft , possibly Heavy ground2. Transitional Period - Faugheen/Douvan surely on decline and their last year at Festival. A poor supreme field, very poor Gold Cup, one horse race for Champion Hurdle.3. RaIt's not so much the dilution as all the best horses being in so few hands, imo.Horses who would have given us epic contests this and in previous years if they had taken each other on are moved around like chess pieces to suit Mullins, Richie and inhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-years?post_id=553682311#553682311It's not so much the dilution as all the best horses being in so few hands, imo.Horses who would have given us epic contests this and in previous years if they had taken each other on are moved around like chess pieces to suit Mullins, Richie and inSun, 11 Mar 2018 09:25:30 -0500Interesting how many people who have been to the Festival in the past are not going but it will still be sold out. I was an annual member for 30 years but no longer go. That is a function of age and infirmity and nothing to do with the racing or thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-years?post_id=553682169#553682169Interesting how many people who have been to the Festival in the past are not going but it will still be sold out. I was an annual member for 30 years but no longer go. That is a function of age and infirmity and nothing to do with the racing or theSun, 11 Mar 2018 08:57:47 -0500Difficult one, Headmaster.Poundland doubling the prize money? I'd still call it the Gold Cup, I occasionally refer to the Ryanair as the Cathcart, and I still enjoy the Schweppes, my favourite hurdle race.If it wasn't Poundland then it would be Ladbrhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-years?post_id=553682069#553682069Difficult one, Headmaster.Poundland doubling the prize money? I'd still call it the Gold Cup, I occasionally refer to the Ryanair as the Cathcart, and I still enjoy the Schweppes, my favourite hurdle race.If it wasn't Poundland then it would be LadbrSun, 11 Mar 2018 08:35:13 -0500Wouldn't go that far Loper. But maybe not everything in Racing should have a price above it's head. Assume you'd be happy to let Poundland sponsor the Gold Cup and drop Gold Cup from the title? The Poundland Chase. Catchy.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-years?post_id=553681869#553681869Wouldn't go that far Loper. But maybe not everything in Racing should have a price above it's head. Assume you'd be happy to let Poundland sponsor the Gold Cup and drop Gold Cup from the title? The Poundland Chase. Catchy.Sun, 11 Mar 2018 08:00:10 -0500I like O’Learyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-years?post_id=553681819#553681819I like O’LearySun, 11 Mar 2018 07:54:12 -0500...and the unsavoury owner should be banned from investing billions in NH racing & breeding.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-years?post_id=553681811#553681811...and the unsavoury owner should be banned from investing billions in NH racing & breeding.Sun, 11 Mar 2018 07:53:10 -0500The only problem with the Ryanair is it's named after a deeply unpopular budget airline run by an even more deeply unpopular man. That's all Cheltenham's fault, of course not Ryanair's. If they gave even the slightest whiff of recognition to it's phttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-years?post_id=553681787#553681787The only problem with the Ryanair is it's named after a deeply unpopular budget airline run by an even more deeply unpopular man. That's all Cheltenham's fault, of course not Ryanair's. If they gave even the slightest whiff of recognition to it's pSun, 11 Mar 2018 07:50:51 -0500On the flat virtually every single furlong up to 2m has its own Grade 1 races, ffs!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-years?post_id=553681781#553681781On the flat virtually every single furlong up to 2m has its own Grade 1 races, ffs!Sun, 11 Mar 2018 07:50:11 -0500cant understand the slagging of the Ryanair,cc ra and gc are all specialist distances, why shouldn't a 20 furlong plus horse have a championship race, on the flat its never mentioned the milers either run in the sprints or the 12furlong races, if thihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-years?post_id=553681753#553681753cant understand the slagging of the Ryanair,cc ra and gc are all specialist distances, why shouldn't a 20 furlong plus horse have a championship race, on the flat its never mentioned the milers either run in the sprints or the 12furlong races, if thiSun, 11 Mar 2018 07:46:16 -0500To the dementia addled, rose tinted glass wearing, yesterday was always better brigade, slagging off the Ryanair Chase, should we drop it and reinstate the good old Cathcart Chase?The Ryanair is NOT an additional event justifying a 4th day, it is merhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30994973/is-this-the-worst-festival-for-years?post_id=553681703#553681703To the dementia addled, rose tinted glass wearing, yesterday was always better brigade, slagging off the Ryanair Chase, should we drop it and reinstate the good old Cathcart Chase?The Ryanair is NOT an additional event justifying a 4th day, it is merSun, 11 Mar 2018 07:39:32 -0500