Scottsville moved to Saturday
IT has rained a little this past weekend! Four days of wet and gale-force winds have seen the fish-moths evicted from winter woollies and while many will be welcoming the late arrival of winter, the rain will have made an already tricky card scheduled for Scottsville today, even more tricky.
But the rain has had the last say. Today’s meeting has been postponed to Saturday and even with a break of four days and hopefully some sun, if there is one certainty on the card, and that is the going will be on the soft- er side of good.
However, also in jeopardy is Friday’s night’s meeting and Gold Circle have issued a cautionary.
“The race meeting scheduled for Scottsville today has been postponed to Saturday, 20 May. A track inspection was carried out yesterday morning and it was agreed that there was no prospect of the race meeting going ahead as planned. “Fortunately, Turffontein is a standalone meeting on Saturday and hence, with the blessing of Phumelela, we have made the decision to postpone to this date,” said Gold Circle Racing Executive, Raf Sheik.
More than 200mm has fallen over Greyville since last Friday and a decision regarding the Betting World 1900 race meeting will be made closer to the time. The weather forecast suggests the sun will be out from today but clearly the turf track will need ideal weather conditions for it to dry sufficiently.
“For this reason we have kept Sunday as a Plan B option should the track require more time,” added Sheik. “With our major race days on the horizon, we are mindful that we need to avoid causing excessive damage to the racing surfaces while at the same keep- ing the disruption to the planned racing programmes to an absolute minimum.”
Come Friday night – or Sunday – there is big racing as a host of Vodacom Durban July contenders will be put through their paces.
The Gr2 Betting World Greyville 1900 has attracted one of the most competitive fields for some years and the main race is backed up by an Allowance Plate and a Pinnacle Stakes that both have July hopefuls carded. In all it will be a smashing weekend’s racing in KZN – weather permitting!