By Dan Walsh
There will be a precautionary inspection on Saturday morning at Ballinaboola, near New Ross, ahead of the rescheduled point-to-point. It is expected that racing will go ahead.
The Wexford Hunt point-to-point fixture was originally scheduled for Sunday, February 1st, but was called off after the track was found unfit for racing and the fixture has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, February 7th.
The card has 76 entries. First race at 1pm.
The going at Ballinaboola was described as ‘heavy, soft in places’, when inspected on Friday afternoon, with IHRB Course Inspector Andrew Doyle, noting that one fence will have to be omitted.
“The second-last fence will be removed tomorrow, resulting in ten fences in the two and a half mile maiden, and 12 fences in the three-mile maidens,” he said.
“The forecast this evening is for a few mms of rain tonight, and it is to be dry thereafter. If we get that forecast, we should be good to go,” concluded Mr. Doyle.
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