BBC report heavy going at Cheltenham

This evening BBC Ceefax reports the going at Cheltenham on both hurdle and chase tracks on the old and new courses as heavy, soft in places.

With a couple of abandonments already announced this week and a number of other courses reporting waterlogging in places, perhaps we should consider taking the 14/1 Hills were offering, according to yesterday's Racing Post, about the first day of the Festival being washed out.