Talking Horses: Cheltenham drying out ahead of Saturday's big card


The Cheltenham track looks in sufficiently good shape to avoid Saturdays card being called off on Friday afternoon

The sacred turf here at Cheltenham has been having a good, long drink. An area of surface water at the far end of the home straight, by the two-mile start, has completely drained away, giving sustenance to hopes that we may be able to have some actual racing here on Saturday and Sunday.

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The surface water I saw yesterday has gone pic.twitter.com/veRMbRBNbd

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