Tidal Bay to miss festival?

[mowgli77]

Tidal could be forced to miss festival - Johnson By racingpost.com staff6.48PM 16 FEB 2009 TIDAL BAY, who is as short as 7-2 second favourite for the Ryanair Chase, could miss the Cheltenham Festival his trainer Howard Johnson has warned. RELATED LINKS

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The eight-year-old also holds an entry in the previous day's Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase, for which he is just 12-1 with Blue Square, but Johnson said on Monday that he faces a race against time to get Tidal Bay ready for the festival after he cut his leg when finishing fourth in the Letheby & Christopher Chase at Cheltenham last month. Johnson said: "We don't know yet - he cut his leg at Cheltenham and we are just starting getting him going again. "I don't know if Cheltenham might come too soon, we have got three weeks and he has yet to come to himself." Click here to buy the new Racing Post book - Cheltenham 2009, the ultimate guide to winning at the festival I already fancied Voy Por but seeing this news I've just backed Voy Por and it's best price 2's at moment, have already posted in Cheltenham sections.

[mileni4uk]

Re: Tidal Bay to miss festival? Can't tell you how painfull this has been for me. 6/1 with the finger on the "bet" button and I didn't take it. If Tidal Bay is not there, Voy Por will be evens.