The 2020 Cheltenham Festival, the build up WITH FINAL ENTRIES

Diamond Geezer

Diamond Geezer

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Upcoming entry dates for this year,

Tuesday Jan 7th Cheltenham Gold Cup, Queen Mother Champion Chase, Ryanair Chase

Tuesday Jan 14th Champion Hurdle, Mares Hurdle, Stayers Hurdle

Tuesday Jan 21st Arkle Chase, National Hunt Chase, RSA Chase , Marsh Novices Chase (ex JLT)

Tuesday Jan 28th Supreme Novices Hurdle, Ballymore Novices Hurdle, Triumph Hurdle, Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle

Tuesday February 18th Ultima Chase, Close Bros Novices Handicap Chase, Coral Cup, Kim Muir Challenge Cup, Pertemps Final Hurdle, Boodles Handicap Hurdle,Festival Plate, County Hurdle, Conditional Jockeys Hurdle,Grand Annual Chase

Tuesday February 25th Cross Country, Champion Bumper, Mares Novices Hurdle, Foxhunters Steeplechase
 
Thanks DG.

Just to add that last year the entries for at least the championship races were released the day after they closed.
 
Thanks archie, you reminded me I kept a record last year of when entries were published and actually they were often spread over two days eg the first week the CGC entries were released on the Wednesday and the QMCC and the Ryanair on the Thursday. Just for the record these were my notes, bear in mind they are last year's dates but they give you an dea of which day on the relevant week they appear. There's details of other races too eg the Betfair Hurdle and the GN.

Wed 9[SUP]th [/SUP] Jan Cheltenham Gold Cup

Thurs 10[SUP]th[/SUP] Jan Queen Mother Champion Chase

Thurs 10[SUP]th[/SUP] Jan Ryanair Chase

Tues 15[SUP]th[/SUP] Jan Betfair Hurdle Newbury weights

Wed 16[SUP]th[/SUP] Jan Champion Hurdle

Thurs 17[SUP]th[/SUP] Jan Stayers Hurdle & Mares Hurdle

Wed 23[SUP]rd[/SUP] Jan Latest acceptance stage Betfair Hurdle

Thurs 24[SUP]th[/SUP] Jan Arkle Chase, National Hunt Chase, RSA Chase, JLT Novices Chase * Graded Nov Chases

Wed 30[SUP]th[/SUP] Jan Grand Nationa

Thurs 31[SUP]st[/SUP] Jan Supreme Novices Hurdle, Ballymore Novices Hurdle, Triumph Hurdle, Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle

Mon 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Feb Betfair Hurdle acceptors 5 day stage

Tues 12[SUP]th[/SUP] Feb Grand National weights

Forfeit stage for the Gold Cup, Ryanair, Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers Hurdle, Mares Hurdle

Wed 13[SUP]th[/SUP] Feb Latest acceptors published

Tues 19th Feb Ultima Chase , Close Bros Novices Handicap Chase, Coral Cup, Fred Winter, Pertemps Final Hurdle, Festival Plate, Kim Muir Challenge Cup, County Hurdle, Martin Pipe, Grand Annual

Wed 20[SUP]th[/SUP] Feb Latest acceptors for the 7 novice races

Thurs 21[SUP]st[/SUP] Feb Entries for the handicaps

Wed Feb 27[SUP]th[/SUP] Latest acceptors for the Grand National

Wed 27th Feb Cross Country, Bumper, Mares Nov, Foxhunters

Wed 27th Feb Weights published (press day so a lot of hoo haa)

Wed 6[SUP]th[/SUP] March Confirmations for Day One of Festival

Thurs 7[SUP]th[/SUP] March Confirmations for Day Two of Festival

Fri 8[SUP]th[/SUP] March Confirmations for Day Three of Festival

Sat 9th March Confirmations for Day Four of Festival

Sun 10[SUP]th[/SUP] March Final Decs for Tues

Mon 11[SUP]th[/SUP] March Final Decs for Wed

Tues 12[SUP]th[/SUP] March Final Decs for Thurs

Wed 13[SUP]th[/SUP] March Final decs for Fri

Wed 20[SUP]th[/SUP] March Latest acceptors for the Grand National

Entries for the Topham and the Foxhunters

Mon 1[SUP]st[/SUP] April 5 day decs for Grand National

Wed 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] April Second entries for The Derby
 
Thanks for the clarification. Have to admit that I'd only checked the Gold Cup and assumed the rest but now you've posted the schedule, it does ring a bell.
 
News of Gordon Elliott's plans

Tiger Roll - Cross Country

Roaring Bull & Ravenhill - Kim Muir

Fury Road - Albert Bartlett

Easywork - Ballymore

Conflated - Coral Cup

Eclair De Beaufeu & Chosen Mate - Grand Annual

The Bosses Oscar - Martin Pipe

Glenloe - Kim Muir

Ben Dundee - Brown Advisory

The Storyteller & Sire Du Berlais - Pertemps

Apple’s Jade - Stayers’ Hurdle *******only a possible, last piece of work listless******

Triumph Hurdle - Battle Of Wills

Ryanair Chase - Shattered Love

Column Of Fire - chief hope in Martin Pipe

Delta Work - only runner in Gold Cup

Farouk D’Alene - Champion Bumper

Samcro - Marsh Chase



Felix Desjy & Death Duty both to miss Cheltenham
 
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Only received about half the predicted rainfall of 35mm in the last few days, going currently soft,heavy in places on all the courses including the CC,not a lot of rain forecast in the next seven days relatively speaking.
 
Simon Nott said:
Raw video feed Nicky Henderson taking questions from the press about his Cheltenham prospects.

https://www.starsportsbet.co.uk/nicky-henderson-open-day/
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Watched this through recently.

I thought the media guys gave Nicky a very easy time of it. Probably too scared to ask a searching question in they're never allowed back but I would have wanted to know more about Santini for starters.

I would have asked where he rated relative to Nicky's other Gold Cup winners, Might Bite, etc. I would have wanted to know why, if he was always regarded as a serious Gold Cup horse, didn't he go for the Hennessy off 163. He might just have said he wasn't ready (which would have been evidenced by his unimpressive return to action) but it would have been worthwhile asking the question. I would also have asked what 4yos are still with Henrietta Knight but due to return soon. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if his statement that he doesn't really have anything for the Triumph, which he said more than once, was a precursor to an impressive introductory run by something in the next few days. Or even an unimpressive one that just happens to go on and take its place in the Triumph on the day.

Has Paul Nicholls done his media day?
 
Desert Orchid said:
If this forecast is anywhere near accurate, anything other than heavy ground is very unlikely.

https://www.metcheck.com/WEATHER/16days.asp?zipcode=cheltenham&locationID=57691&lat=51.9&lon=-2.1
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I’d argue the contrary DO. The percentage chance of rain on most of those days is less than 20 percent and on some days less than 5 percent. It looks as though it’ll be showers passing over mainly.

I started a new thread on the going and a BBC 2 week forecast predicts the same, minimal rainfall.


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I'd take any forecasts with a massive pinch of salt guys.
We've had shitloads of rain here since September, and the forecasters just cannot get it right week to week trust me.
Planning a weekly fourball has been a complete and utter lottery.
 
I hope it goes badly...........that way, I won't have to back him in the X-C like some robot, fanboy, wanker.
 
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