• Guineas candidates will now race on an all-weather track
• Trainers compliment quick glide after Newbury is waterloggedAn extraordinary effort by racing’s bureaucrats has resulted in the Greenham Stakes card scheduled for Newbury on Saturday being moved wholesale to Chelmsford within a matter of hours. The card is of particular importance to a small number of people associated with possible runners in the 1000 and 2000 Guineas in a fortnight’s time,who want to use trial races to find out whether their horses belong in that company, and there was much relief mingled with surprise that that card will fade ahead, and albeit in very different circumstances from those planned.
Newburys Friday card was abandoned at first light after 5mm of overnight rain left standing water on parts of the track. A decision about running the Saturday card was postponed for only a few hours and all seemed lost when news of the inevitable abandonment came through before 1pm.
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Source: theguardian.com