Soft ground rated odds-on for Cheltenham

Soft is the odds-on favourite to be the going description for the start of the upcoming Cheltenham Festival.

The Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle gets the four-day spectacular underway in just 13 days time and Betfair make Soft ground the 4/5 favourite.

Good to Soft has been the opening day going for the majority of Cheltenham Festivals in recent times and that can be backed at 13/8.

With no end in sight to the current unsettled spell of weather, some may be attracted by the 7/2 on offer for Heavy being the official going at Prestbury Park on Tuesday March 10.

Good ground is considered extremely unlikely at 50/1 while any other going description is quoted at 100/1.