CHELTENHAM YIPPEEEE Bobt

Here it comes- the Start -the real start NOW today its Cheltenham 
 have to go have  lay down. NURSE (WHERE IS THE CLAPPER GONE FROM MY BELL?)
CHELTENHAM  12th November GOING: Old course: GOOD (Good to soft in places); Cross-country course: GOOD TO FIRM (Good in places) (GoingStick: Old course 7.8, Cross-country 9.4)  WEATHER (White cloud, possible light showers)
There are two left-handed courses at Cheltenham, the Old Course and the New Course. The Old Course is oval in shape and about one and a half miles in extent. There are nine fences to a circuit, with two now jumped in the final straight. The New Course leaves the old track at the furthest point from the stands and runs parallel to it before rejoining at the entrance to the finishing straight. This circuit is a little longer than the Old Course and has ten fences, two of which are jumped in the final straight. The most telling feature of the Old and the New Courses is their testing nature. The fences are stiff and the last half mile is uphill, with a run-in of just over a furlong. The hurdle races over the two tracks are quite different in complexion, with only two flights jumped in the final 6f on the New Course. The four-mile and two-and-a-half-mile starts are on an extension, with five fences, which bisects both courses almost at right angles. The two-mile start is also on this extension, and two fences are jumped before reaching the main circuit. There is also a cross-country course at Cheltenham, laid out in the centre of the conventional tracks.


 its a different ball game now guys  the last two fences in the straight giving a whole new complexion to riding - horses going flat out (front runners are just about knackered by the last fence in the past) do tend to to hit it hard - Riders Must recognise the mad flat out ears back  running has to be modified - its an attempt to slow them down as they approach three out a notorious "raised landing height " Animals expect  to have the same height either side of the fence and knuckle when the ground is higher than they expect - a really bad fence for front running novice chasers. 


 A must is a Great Jumping horse bred from NH stock that can run a galloping track type-  the fences take no prisoners - horses back from a lay-off who are a bit fizzy -and till today have jumped only soft park fences just find these fences too difficult - they look inviting  and that's the problem - horse who has been round there before either ping them or treat them with too much respect. Brave Horse good jumper track record thats the ones you want - if your animal is fresh back today - make sure its run well fresh before (jumped Fence plus tracks) and Back to Lay or Place market  ( the same criteria almost applies to hurdles). Fast fluent hurdlers who can handle left handed undulating tracks bred from NH stock so they have the stamina to get home up the run in.