Delaware Park has cancelled the live racing card scheduled for today, Thursday, Sept. 23, due to the heavy rains that hit the area late this morning and early this afternoon.
Live racing is scheduled to resume this Saturday, Sept. 25 with the 11-race $796,000 in total purses Owner's Day card featuring six stake races.
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The July 12 meeting at Windsor has been cancelled due to heavy rain by the Windsor Racecourse Executive and the BHA's Racecourse Inspectorate on Tuesday. In addition, Lingfield Park has been added to the fixture list for the same day.
Sophie Candy, Clerk of the Course at Windsor Racecourse said, “Following racing on Monday evening on soft, heavy in places we have had another 21mm rain overnight at Windsor and the track is now unraceable. Having raced recently on a combination of soft to heavy ground, current conditions, and the forecast for the week ahead, the decision has been made to move next week's fixture to allow the track further recovery time. We would like to thank BHA and the NTF for their support in facilitating this move which has been done in the interests of all participants.”
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The fourth day of racing at Royal Ascot has been given the go-ahead after persistent heavy rain forced a tense and lengthy eleventh-hour inspection.
Jockeys Ryan Moore, Frankie Dettori and Oisin Murphy were among those consulted on the conditions underfoot, along with trainers Ralph Beckett, Richard Hannon and Aidan O'Brien, who walked the track with a delegation of officials including Clerk of the Course Chris Stickells.
The Friday evening meeting at Goodwood has however been abandoned after the Sussex track received 42mm of rain.
More to follow…
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Prolonged heavy rain has significantly changed the going ahead of the fourth day of Royal Ascot, where the ground is now described as soft, having been good to firm on Thursday.
Clerk of the Course Chris Stickells issued an update from the track shortly after 10am.
He said, “We've had a wet night and we've had 19mm of rain since racing yesterday. The going is now soft and we have further spells of rain due this morning.”
The change in going means that Primo Bacio (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}) is now a non-runner in the G1 Coronation S., while there are currently five non-runners in the G1 Commonwealth Cup, including Supremacy (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}).
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