Cheltenham going on slow side

Cheltenham is expected to ride on the slow side of good for the opening day of the National Hunt Festival.

The going is officially described as good this morning at Prestbury Park but clerk of the course Simon Claisse told attheraces: "I think it will be on the slow side, the jockeys have been saying it hasn't got a lot of life in it but that's about where we wanted it to be really.