Cheltenham Day 1

[follyhoog]

What was your highlight of the day?

mine was Annie Power wow blew them Away!!

And …

Your not so good highlight?

Sorry the Gavin Sheehan ride on Out Sam was a Disgrace just Beating Richard Johnson’s Ride in the last.

[Slowly Away]

For the first time I realised that I’ve got bored with the overkill coverage

I watched the cricket and just flicked over for the races

Can’t be bothered with endless RUK and ATR Previews, coverage starting at 9AM on race days……the build up is longer than the meeting……

All the waffle between races, interviews with incredibly dull trainers and jockeys who all say ‘he’s a nice horse, but he’s not suited by good to soft, soft in places, he really needs good to soft, good in places’

bah humbug……..

[befair]

Magical to see Annie Power storming away with Champion Hurdle; further evidence she would have won it 2 yrs ago as well. Always loved her. Heard rumours they may put her over fences, but perhaps she’s getting on a bit for that

[patriot1]

I just can’t get excited about three men dominating proceedings(Mullins, Walsh and Ricci), especially when they keep running their horses in the wrong races just to keep them apart. I wonder how popular boxing would be if Ali and Frazier had never fought. Or imagine if Federer only took part in Wimbledon, Djikovic only played the US Open and Nadal the French.

[TheBluesBrother]

Well they got the going totally wrong, the hurdles course (old) was riding on the fast side of good +0.15s/f, and the chase course (old) on the slow side of good -0.10s/f.

Turf going allowance table:
Firm +0.55s/f to +0.63s/f
Good/firm +0.20s/f to +0.53s/f
Good -0.25s/f to +0.18s/f
Good/soft -0.55s/f to -0.28s/f
Soft -1.00s/f to -0.58s/f
Heavy -1.58s/f to -1.03s/f

The worst quote award on the going goes to Nico de Boinville, who claimed it was “dead in places”,
so how come Altior ran -5.0s below standard?
As for Graham Cunningham’s assessment of the going, he should stick his stopwatch where the sun don’t shine.

Cheltenham
15-Mar-16

01:30 Altior 2m½f 148
02:10 Douvan 2m 156
02:50 Un Temps Pour Tout 3m1f 110
03:30 Annie Power 2m½f 148
04:10 Vroum Vroum Mag 2m4f 101
04:50 Minella Rocco 4m 111
05:30 Ballyalton 2m4½f 111

Mike.

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