Chief Stipe Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Looks like the Golden Slipper meeting might be abandoned again? A rare event with no racing in NSW today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Wet weather update: Racing’s reshuffle continues Randwick will host a meeting on Thursday if weather permits. Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Article Author Mitch Cohen12:46PM22 March 2021 0 Comments Persistent heavy rain has seen the NSW racing reshuffle continue on Monday with substantial changes made to scheduling at metropolitan, provincial and country levels with potentially more to come. Warwick Farm was officially deemed unsafe for racing following a track inspection by stewards at the venue on Monday morning and the meeting has been transferred to Randwick’s Kensington track. The meeting, which was scheduled for Wednesday, will now be held on Thursday with acceptances moved one day now closing on Tuesday at 9am. The rail will be out 5m the entire course and the distances of the Benchmark 78 Handicap will be moved from 1600m to 1550m as well as 1150m to 1200m in the Benchmark 72 Handicap on the card. A forecast of up to 80mm has still been forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology in Sydney on Tuesday but sunny conditions and a top predicted temperature of 30 degrees on Wednesday should allow the Kensington track sufficient time to recover. Warwick Farm won’t host its scheduled Wednesday meeting. Photo: AAP Image/Brendon Thorne However, the same can’t be said for Hawkesbury. Thursday’s meeting in the west of Sydney was the latest to fall victim to the state’s big wet with conditions unlikely to improve enough between now and raceday. The region has been one of the worst affected in greater Sydney with the neighbouring Windsor Bridge underwater from swelling floodwaters from the Hawkesbury River. There is also a significant cloud over Tuesday’s meeting at Gosford, where the track is currently rated a Heavy (10) after receiving 52mls over the course of Sunday and a whopping 361mls for the week. The same can be said for Wednesday’s Grafton meeting – transferred from Coffs Harbour in the Tuesday timeslot – with the Northern Rivers venue also rated a heavy (10). Meetings at Tamworth, moved from Muswellbrook on Sunday, and Queanbeyan were both able to go ahead on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomass Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 This is the continual Autumnal reality now for Syders... The Global Warming phenomenon has decided to secure the Jet Stream into a fixed circular motion @ @ @ NSW and Sydney in particular Vlandle needs to move the dates back to March to avoid his 'Championships' becoming a wet season event... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Centaur Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 What happened to the "ALL weather tracks"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 All those Zed owners will be wishing they nominated their Zeds for the Slipper now ; 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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