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Cheltenham 2019 Festival Going & Weather

No chance it’s anything near as bad as last year the snow lying on course prior to racing had it very dead!
 
clear skys now but still damp from the showers. If i go out in my socks now its still wet - put it like that, Dry am tomorrow is the forecast (reminder I wont be here) but is forecast for rain from late tom afternoon to sunday morning. from then on and particularly monday its dry but monday is sunny but not warm. Then you will all be here anyway. Ill be back sunday night. Ill be here for the Monday night rain so will report as best I can :)
 
FaugheenTheMachine said:
Rain now till Monday morning then a dry week would be perfect
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Don't think that's the forecast though Faugheen , I'm seeing Heavy rain for tuesday morning ,
on the bbc weather , then dry till friday and then light rain. ??.
 
When would the ground be officially declared for Tuesday?
 
Soft ground forecast for day 1
 
FaugheenTheMachine said:
Rain now till Monday morning then a dry week would be perfect
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Loads of rain last night, this morning and next week. If the forecast is accurate then it is due to rain Tue - Fri too. It's ideal for quite a few of my bigger bets but obviously nobody wants to stand watching racing in the pissing rain. That being said, the weather won't spoil my week. Buzzing
 
There isn't that much rain predicted from the forecast in looking at (around 18mm, most of that Monday night / Tuesday morning) but I'm slightly concerned to see the wind speeds hitting 50mph. I couldn't handle a day being wiped out again.
 
Agreed FM, it was so chaotic the last time one day was cancelled due to gales. Iirc the first race was 12:00 the following two days and then every half hour, was it 10 races a day for two days. Couldn't really enjoy it as the races were coming so thick and fast.
 
At the In-Laws in Shropshire and had a small amount of snow overnight. Raining steady now too.
 
I’m in Bristol and we had a fair bit of rain last night, now it’s dry but we’re being battered by strong winds. I hope the temporary structures at Cheltenham don’t cause a problem. I have heard that Wednesdays racing could be under threat due to a weather warning of strong winds. Fingers crossed that it’s o.k
 
One of my mates down there is off to play golf this morning and he said it was absolutely throwing it down about 7am
 
Does anybody think the bad weather will effect the horses travelling over....
 
iainmcf said:
Does anybody think the bad weather will effect the horses travelling over....
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Quite possibly ian, flights and ferries could be delayed and I doubt they’ll be pleasant journeys for anyone.
 
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