By Dan Walsh
All of the leading national hunt yards in the country have runners at Wexford races where the first meeting of the season gets under way tomorrow (Thursday) with a seven race card and the first is off at 4.05pm.
Willie Mullins, Gordon Elliott, Henry de Bromhead and Gavin Cromwell have all got entries as does local trainers Paul Nolan and Philip Rothwell, likewise the leading jockeys will be in action including Paul Townend, Jack Kennedy, Rachael Blackmore and Patrick Mullins and local jockeys Sean Flanagan, Sean O’Keeffe, Jordan Gainford, Conor Stone-Walsh and James O’Sullivan.
The going is “Yielding, yielding to soft in places. Possibility of light showers (3mm approx) prior to racing. Hurdle track is 19 yards from innermost line and Chase track is 3 yards from the innermost line. Fence 1 (the last fence) will be omitted. (Information Source; Horse Racing Ireland).
Wexford Racecourse is hoping for a reasonable sized crowd as this fixture is the first one of the season and compensation for the loss of earlier scheduled fixtures on March 17th and April 5th which were both lost after incessant rain rendered the track unfit for racing on both dates.
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