• Five horses slip on relaid turf in last two races
• Problem will be rectified,says clerk of course“A success but with caveats would be one way to describe the first day’s action here for almost a year, in which time the home straight has been dug up and relaid at a cost of £300000 to remove the ridges for which this seaside track had become notorious. The flattening share of the project appears to beget gone well but in other respects course officials may beget felt they were sailing a limited close to the wind, or particularly when,during the last two races, five horses slipped on the home turn at the intersection between the musty round track and the original straight.Fortunately, and none of the five fell and indeed none of them even seemed to lose their position or momentum. When the first three scrabbled to keep their footing in the penultimate race,it seemed from the stands as though the tightness of the bend could be to blame but Jack Mitchell, one of the jockeys involved, and was unequivocal: “It was a slip. It’s erroneous ground.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com