Clairwood Abandoned...

{friendly wave to Richie77}

bring on the all weather track

And Turffontein moved to Sunday

JustinV Wrote:

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> bring on the all weather track

Proper all weather or Vaal sand-like??? :S <

Works in all weather except RAIN.(td)

:XThats crazy, 1 of the guys i know who works at the track said htey were going to wait for tomorrow as temperatures are to be 26 degrees and full sunshine and they were goign to check how dry it got before making a decision.

richie the the last furlong or so were ankle deep this morning...never had the energy to walk any further

Track manager said he sunk in 100mm just standing near the winning post and on the turn.

Would 2 days at 26 degrees and a little wind not dry that up considerably enough to race?

I believe you guys, im just cross that i was told they would wait... oh well. Makes no difference to me personally.

HEAVY rains in the last two days have impacted on this weekend’s racing.

The Clairwood meeting scheduled for this Sunday 9 September has been abandoned because the track is waterlogged. The Turffontein meeting scheduled for this Saturday has been moved to Sunday, while the Kenilworth fixture will take place on Saturday as programmed.

There has been 40mm of rain at Turffontein in the last two days and the going is currently soft. Moving Saturday’s meeting to Sunday will give the surface an extra day to dry.

Moving the Kenilworth meeting to Sunday was not an option because there is rain forecast for Cape Town on Sunday.

Times for Kenilworth from Race 7 to 10 will be run 5 minutes later than carded and Turffontein times have been amended for Sunday. New race times at Turffontein are as follows:
Race 1 : 12:25
Race 2 : 13:05
Race 3 : 13:45
Race 4 : 14:20
Race 5 : 15:00
Race 6 : 15:35
Race 7 : 16:10
Race 8 : 16:50
Race 9 : 17:25

The Quartet Maxipool will now be on Turffontein Race 9 on Sunday.

Race 8 Borrowdale was related to the Clairwood meeting and will be abandoned . The Pick 6, PA and Jackpot will include Race 8 as this is indicated in the Racecard and field will apply.

Interesting how Jhb meeting is moved up a day but when theres rain in CT the meeting is abandoned and not moved up a day or so?Lets see if CT gets decent pools on sat as now its stand alone,some good racing .