Cheltenham 2020

[wearthefoxhat]

Quick, still a chance to fill your boots....but wash your hands afterwards....

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[wearthefoxhat]

The local newspaper appears bullish.....(or checking in on Betfair)

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[Euler]

I would have thought, pending this mornings update on the virus, that we are entering 'free money' territory soon. E&OE

[ricardodeano]

Not quite the Cheltenham Festival but the London Book Fair is cancelled...

[jimibt]

Not quite the Cheltenham Festival but the London Book Fair is cancelled...

imho - it only needs a few more events to take a cautious stance and Chelt will HAVE to be cancelled. The mix of wideranging race-goers from both the UK and internationally is just too big a risk as each day passes. a small lay at 1.23 would seem reasonable... done!!

[edit] - of course, if event run behind closed doors, then makes it a difficult one (just thought that this may be a caveat!)

[Euler]

You would need wholesale cancellation of sporting events to see Cheltenham not proceed now. Aint going to happen.

If the Manchester derby fell, then I would be worried.

[ricardodeano]

You could tell by the chart that some news had just broken. Now up to 85 cases, a jump in 34.

[Euler]

Y, it's like waiting for team news. I nipped in again at 1.50

[sionascaig]

Looks like 2pm every day for release of figs.... (and subsequent spike)

[Euler]

Agree

[Euler]

Tomorrow's numbers will be significant. If we start getting into the 100's then some events are going to be cancelled you would think. Cheltenham will probably get away with it by the skin on their teeth, but Aintree. I think that's a problem.

[ricardodeano]

FWIW, again bugger all, but last night between 6 and 7pm, there was a marked drift on 'Yes'. I am assuming this was due to more people viewing the 6 o clock news. Obviously no guarantee that will happen again tonight but given the increase in numbers, it may well drift again.*

*Yes will now inevitably steam into 1.01

[dt888]

There is a market for Aintree now as well. Not sure how long that has been there

[ShaunWhite]

We're still only at an infection rate of about 1 in a million and the mortally rate is 0.2% for reasonably well adults. We're a long way from closing events imo. They'd be closing the underground system first as that puts 5 million people in the same space on a daily basis. Austerity has killed more people via suicide, ditto rough sleeping, but I don't see the government doing much about that or much public concern.

[Euler]

I thinking this evening's news wasn't grim enough as the price has contracted quite a bit again.