Punchestown Monday

RivetingRoger

Is this meeting in danger?

abarkie

Inspection called per Irish Racing

https://www.irishracing.com/news?headline=Punchestown-7.45am-inspection-on-Monday&prid=206120

lemush

Won't be on you'd imagine.

lemush

Will be on Wednesday instead.

abarkie

lemush wrote: »

Will be on Wednesday instead.

This is one thing that stands out on Irish racing

The put the meeting on a couple of days later

Why can't the UK do the same?

No doubt claim the logistics don't work

lemush

abarkie wrote: »

This is one thing that stands out on Irish racing

The put the meeting on a couple of days later

Why can't the UK do the same?

No doubt claim the logistics don't work

The race planning across the water is farcical.

RivetingRoger

Bets remain valid for refixed?

Earendil

They’ve cancelled it. The world is full of soft fannies these days.

lemush

RivetingRoger wrote: »

Bets remain valid for refixed?

Nearly every firm voids.

hurleronditch

lemush wrote: »

The race planning across the water is farcical.

It’s infinitely harder. It’s not overly common we have two meetings the same day bar Christmas and Easter weekend and a handful of weekends across the year, and a refixed meeting usually goes on an empty day in the calendar.

In the UK there are multiple race meetings every day, and no empty days (bar run up to Christmas), so I imagine to rebook jockeys, horse movement planning for boxes and stable staff, stewards, TV, it’s just logistically not worth it for a bunch of maidens and handicaps in uttoxeter or Warwick

Daraa

"Today's cancelled card at Punchestown has been rescheduled for Wednesday, with the first race scheduled for 12.30 and free entry for all racegoers"


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