Live updates from day two of the Cheltenham festivalDay two tips | The view from Benidorm | And mail TonyDid you know today was ‘Style Wednesday’? No neither did I. Anyway I have my blue John Smedley long-sleeved polo shirt on and a pair of vintage Levi’s so I hope that passes muster. I discovered that name for today in the details about the all-important going underfoot from the track which many were saying was bordering on good (ie faster ground than the general description) yesterday. The snow will have softened it up a bit and Jon Pullin, Cheltenham’s clerk of the course, said just now: “We had a covering of snow this morning but it turned to sleet as forecast and that should soon disappear. The going for today remains Good to Soft on the [main] Old Course and is Good to Soft, Good in places and Soft on the top loop on the Cross Country Course.”Hello, and welcome to day two of the festival. And, as Cheltenham themselves point out, what a difference a day makes. When my son got i...
Day two of the Cheltenham Festival 2025 saw Ballyburn shocked and The New Lion win the Turners Novices Hurdle. Jimmy De Seuil won the Coral Cup.
