What’s the ground like at Cheltenham?

Question

What’s the ground like at Cheltenham? With all this rain there’s got to be a chance of a really soft ground meeting this year.

Answer 1

They say that the going on the Old, New and Cross-Country courses is soft, good to soft in places at the moment. Believe it or not, with the current dry forecast, they’re even talking about having to water to keep the ground on the soft side of good for the start of the meeting.