Cheltenham clerk of course Simon Claisse will not be watering the course ahead of next week's Cheltenham Festival. (credit: hyperionone)
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Cheltenham clerk of course Simon Claisse will not be watering the course ahead of next week's Cheltenham Festival.
Claisse believes that if forecasts are correct there could be 15mm of rain before the meeting kicks off next Tuesday.
There has been no rainfall at Prestbury Park for eight days but Claisse remains upbeat ahead of the meeting, describing the going as good to soft on the chase and hurdle course and good to soft, soft in places on the cross-country course.
"As it is, with the forecasts, we could get 12-15mm of rain between Thursday through to raceday," Claisse explained as
Paddy Power opened their betting on how the ground would ride on the first day of the Festival.
"What will come will come, but if the forecasts are right we wouldn't dream of watering," Claisse added.
"It's good to soft now and we'd be that with some soft in places by racing, but one doesn't want to put too much store by the forecasts."
Early forecasts predict that it will be cloudy and sunny for the first three days of the Festival with some rain on Gold Cup Friday.
