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Cheltenham weather forecast

opatcho said:
I use YR which tends to be pretty accurate, and it’s forecssting 10-15mm plus from Wednesday night....

I’m preparing myself for a mud bath!
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Have you bought distances opatcho and convincing yourself it's a good bet ?
 
opatcho said:
I use YR which tends to be pretty accurate, and it’s forecssting 10-15mm plus from Wednesday night....

I’m preparing myself for a mud bath!
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A mud bath might be a slight overreaction :highly_amused:
 
I literally live right outside Cheltenham racecourse and its been dry all day. Due some heavy rain later this week.
 
Not sure why people are quite so frantic about it but the only meaningful measurements will be Friday lunchtime after a drying 3 days and Monday morning after the weekend's rain.

For what it's worth, I'd say there's little chance of heavy going on Tuesday although soft, heavy in places is possible in Sunday's report. Best guess for Tuesday would be exactly what it is now.
 
opatcho said:
Is it?

There was 10-12mm before the last meeting, and it was heavy ground
The ground has been hit with snow over the last few days, and the forecasts are showing rain next week... ground will be soft if not heavy!
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It was heavy ground in January but it is currently soft, good to soft in places. Yes there is rain forecast but it'd need to pelt it down Monday night / Tuesday morning for it to be a mud bath imo.
 
Faugheen_Machine said:
It was heavy ground in January but it is currently soft, good to soft in places. Yes there is rain forecast but it'd need to pelt it down Monday night / Tuesday morning for it to be a mud bath imo.
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Should have been more accurate with my initial statement

Tues-Wed = Good to soft, Soft
Thurs-Friday = Soft to Heavy, Heavy
 
Its been riding soft to heavy at all of the jumps meetings run the past few days since racing resumed. Cheltenhams already soft/ gd.soft . and any further rain will make it soft /very soft. If it rains over the four days it will become heavy as at the last meeting. Why would it be any different?
 
Because it's dry-ing until Friday.
 
Bigfish said:
Its been riding soft to heavy at all of the jumps meetings run the past few days since racing resumed. Cheltenhams already soft/ gd.soft . and any further rain will make it soft /very soft. If it rains over the four days it will become heavy as at the last meeting. Why would it be any different?
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Far more likely to be good ground on the Friday (gold cup) than heavy
 
Looks beautiful day according to FOG twitter feed
 
It's such a sunny day in Surrey and pretty warm the ground will be firm to super rock hard before we know it..
 
I hope the course continues to dry out and ends up good / good to soft on Tuesday, purely for Verdana Blue to give me a run for my money in the champion hurdle :triumphant:
 
Report Date 07/03/2018 15:43:00
Official Going Soft Good to Soft in places.
GoingStick 6.4 on Wednesday at 15:00

Quite a significant change from 5.5 to 6.4 in 24 hours...
 
Can't Catch Me said:
Report Date 07/03/2018 15:43:00
Official Going Soft Good to Soft in places.
GoingStick 6.4 on Wednesday at 15:00

Quite a significant change from 5.5 to 6.4 in 24 hours...
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Was 6.5 last year on the Tuesday.
 
jkite16 said:
I hope the course continues to dry out and ends up good / good to soft on Tuesday, purely for Verdana Blue to give me a run for my money in the champion hurdle :triumphant:
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I am totally with you on that. On good ground, she has a real e/w chance. She's still in the Mares and I have no idea why; she doesn't stay 2m 5f and it seems a waste of an entry fee.
 
Can't Catch Me said:
Report Date 07/03/2018 15:43:00
Official Going Soft Good to Soft in places.
GoingStick 6.4 on Wednesday at 15:00

Quite a significant change from 5.5 to 6.4 in 24 hours...
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Last year: Tue - Fri
6.5 - Good to soft
7.1 - Good to soft (Good in places)
7.3 - Good (Good to soft in places)
7.5 - Good
 
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