New Posts For Thread: Watering process (Festival) could begin tomorrow (06/march)https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06marchWatering process could begin tomorrowScott Burton has spoken to Cheltenham's clerk of the course Jon Pullin for the latest news on the ground.The going improved to good to soft, soft in places (from soft, good to soft in places) this afternoon and aI think so geoffhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06march?post_id=564593517#564593517I think so geoffMon, 10 Mar 2025 11:19:54 -0500"Pro PUnter" G.Lynch clearly backed horses favouring soft ground horses.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06march?post_id=564593505#564593505"Pro PUnter" G.Lynch clearly backed horses favouring soft ground horses.Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:12:43 -0500Light shower today - barely 1mm but starting to get much coller and overcast. He doesn't even declare how much watering he's done but given the weather here recently he must have put a lot on the new course to have soft in places.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06march?post_id=564593487#564593487Light shower today - barely 1mm but starting to get much coller and overcast. He doesn't even declare how much watering he's done but given the weather here recently he must have put a lot on the new course to have soft in places.Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:07:26 -0500its a spring festival gavin should be spring groundhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06march?post_id=564593467#564593467its a spring festival gavin should be spring groundMon, 10 Mar 2025 10:59:26 -0500"hasn't watered enough" WOWhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06march?post_id=564593459#564593459"hasn't watered enough" WOWMon, 10 Mar 2025 10:53:21 -0500@GLynchRacing·57mDon’t see why the ground for the Cheltenham festival can’t be watered enough to start on softer than we are getting this week - ie. NH ground. 5mm on parts of the old course over the last week doesn’t sound enough.imagine writhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06march?post_id=564593453#564593453@GLynchRacing·57mDon’t see why the ground for the Cheltenham festival can’t be watered enough to start on softer than we are getting this week - ie. NH ground. 5mm on parts of the old course over the last week doesn’t sound enough.imagine writMon, 10 Mar 2025 10:52:25 -0500low pressure coming in end of week, bits & pieces showers/rain between now & next weekg/s, soft plwatering shouldn't even in the conversation 100% Agree, its a nonsense.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06march?post_id=564588031#564588031low pressure coming in end of week, bits & pieces showers/rain between now & next weekg/s, soft plwatering shouldn't even in the conversation 100% Agree, its a nonsense.Fri, 07 Mar 2025 08:17:11 -0600I remember Bath reading hard,can’t remember any horses being destroyed on course….Final Bath meeting always had the same type of horses…This obsession with water is madness……https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06march?post_id=564587681#564587681I remember Bath reading hard,can’t remember any horses being destroyed on course….Final Bath meeting always had the same type of horses…This obsession with water is madness……Fri, 07 Mar 2025 04:36:27 -0600Remember 2022 in his first year he watered after the first day when the going was officially g/s but many claimed it was on the good side and then they got 21mm of rain for the Wednesday. Surely at times they've got to trust in 'God' and as long as ihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06march?post_id=564587605#564587605Remember 2022 in his first year he watered after the first day when the going was officially g/s but many claimed it was on the good side and then they got 21mm of rain for the Wednesday. Surely at times they've got to trust in 'God' and as long as iFri, 07 Mar 2025 03:40:29 -0600Agreed re the trainers but ultimately Nicky's tend to prefer good going on the whole while the Irish will (generally) operate on softer so it's never an easy one to balance. I take the view that the animal rights pressure means the jockey club want thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31868075/watering-process-festival-could-begin-tomorrow-06march?post_id=564587579#564587579Agreed re the trainers but ultimately Nicky's tend to prefer good going on the whole while the Irish will (generally) operate on softer so it's never an easy one to balance. I take the view that the animal rights pressure means the jockey club want tFri, 07 Mar 2025 03:28:49 -0600