The ground for Day 4 of the Cheltenham Festival is soft, heavy in places, after rainfall on Thursday and overnight.

More rain could hit the courses during the course of the day.

Clerk of the course Jon Pullin said first thing this morning: “We’ve had 9mm of rain during racing yesterday and overnight, so now we’ve had to update the going to heavy on the hurdles course, and soft, heavy in places on the chase track.

“We’re celebrating 100 years of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and we’re looking forward to hopefully a great running today.”