Weather Watch 2021

[Quevega]

You can mistrust the stick and the person with the stick.
or
go on the timing of the first race.

I think on balance if it was going to affect my betting I’d go with the stick. Rather than a race time that has more variables.

not just a stick either is it ?

 

[Lobos]

What if they don’t run fast.

Then Appreciate It will get beat.

 

[ComplyOrDie]

Then Appreciate It will get beat.

No, because if they don't run fast he'll be up there, making sure there is some pace, like at the DRF (obviously also had company from Irascible), which he still won.

 

[Deleted member 4957]

https://www.turftrax.co.uk/going_maps.html

Looks like yesterdays rain didn’t touch the sides.
I’ll let someone far cleverer than me put the image on here...

 

[fatherjohn]

https://www.turftrax.co.uk/going_maps.html

Looks like yesterdays rain didn’t touch the sides.
I’ll let someone far cleverer than me put the image on here...

I feel like I've been drawn into following this! the report date and the going stick dates are different. which one should we be looking at???

 

[Diamond Geezer]

https://www.turftrax.co.uk/going_maps.html

Looks like yesterdays rain didn’t touch the sides.
I’ll let someone far cleverer than me put the image on here...

Didn't think there'd been that much rain, sunshining now too. Anyway here's the map

 

[ToniC]

Don’t think that’s the actual map is it? Not the up to date one anyway. Report date is this morning but think only thing that’s been updated is the weather outlook. Going stick readings still from the 9th which is what generates the going map is it not?

 

[Deleted member 4957]

Don’t think that’s the actual map is it? Not the up to date one anyway. Report date is this morning but think only thing that’s been updated is the weather outlook. Going stick readings still from the 9th which is what generates the going map is it not?

It did look remarkably similar to the previous days update but there is a small change to the hill on the Old Course so looks like an updated map...

 

[ToniC]

It did look remarkably similar to the previous days update but there is a small change to the hill on the Old Course so looks like an updated map...

You’ve got better eyes than me istabraq haha. Time to get the hose pipes out then I’d be thinking.

 

[Moby123]

The going will be heavy after the Ballymore.....
Once Bob Olinger has pissed all over them and hosed in.

 

[Atlantic Viking]

https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham/owners-and-trainers/the-going/

Hardly any rain forecast between now and Gold Cup day.

 

[Willdunn99]

Currently chucking it down in Cheltenham for those weather watchers !

 

[charlie]

Currently chucking it down in Cheltenham for those weather watchers !

Its rainy then its sunny, rainy, sunny. Largely down to the wind which is really strong on course

 

[Diamond Geezer]

Calm down, it's just a passing shower :smiley_simmons:

 

[Willdunn99]

Calm down, it's just a passing shower :smiley_simmons:

:highly_amused: I know some people are worried about it being good ground and not being enough rain, I’m 10 minutes from the course and the ground in my garden is now good to soft in places ! :eagerness:

 

[Diamond Geezer]

15 minutes for me.

Local ITV forecast just predicted heavy showers through the night which should clear by 9am tomorrow with spells of sunshine thererafter.

Rain Friday night.

 

[ToniC]

Don’t know about other people, but looks like some rain is now appearing forecast for festival week itself. I’m using the Apple weather app as well as yr.no which someone told me was very good when it came to predicting rainfall

 

[ToniC]

https://twitter.com/turftrax/status/1370292627166396417?s=21

this is much more like it, hopefully the rain forecast between now & Tuesday is enough to maintain this. Soft in places would be ideal IMO but might be being a bit hopeful there.

 

[Winging The Last]

https://twitter.com/turftrax/status/1370292627166396417?s=21

this is much more like it, hopefully the rain forecast between now & Tuesday is enough to maintain this. Soft in places would be ideal IMO but might be being a bit hopeful there.

That's what we like to see

 

[Deleted member 4957]

That's what we like to see

Always better for nature to do the irrigating than Claisse’s hosepipe...