Watering has begun at Cheltenham ahead of next week’s festival action.
On Friday officials took the decision to start putting water on the new course at Cheltenham which stages racing on the Thursday and Friday of the festival.
A decision on whether or not to water the old course is likely on Saturday with only 5mm of rainfall anticipated overnight.
A largely dry weather outlook is forecast for next week’s action with temperatures up to 15 degrees for Tuesday’s Day-One action.
Ground conditions at Prestbury Park are described as “good” and “good to soft” in places although new clerk of the course Jon Pullin admitted there aren’t many of those places at present.
When water …
- March 12, 2022
