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The first group race of the season in NSW, the Missile Stakes, has been scrapped after the meeting at Randwick on Saturday was washed out.
The group 2 over 1200m was the lone feature on the program, which was abandoned following 45mm of rain overnight and into the early morning on Saturday. It meant the course had received 87mm in the past week and 174mm during the past 30 days.
War Eternal, which was set to contest the Missile Stakes, surges to victory on a rain-affected Randwick track last year.Credit: Getty Images
Stewards made the call just after 7.30am, given predictions of more rain throughout the day.
“We’ve received over 45mms since nine o’clock last night,” Racing NSW chief steward Tom Moxon told Sky Racing.
“We conducted a track gallop at just before six o’clock this morning and the feedback from the riders was that although the track was as heavy as it could be at that point, we didn’t need any further rain, and unfortunately that rain fell a short time after that.
“There are some sections of the track that have surface water present. While we are confident that without any rain throughout the morning that surface water would disappear, we don’t have that forecast unfortunately.
“How the track is at the moment, it’s definitely in the position where we could say the track is suitable for racing. We definitely would need improvement and, unfortunately, we just don’t have that forecast today to give us that confidence that we could get through the meeting.”
Instead of rescheduling the $300,000 Missile Stakes, Racing NSW officials boosted prize money for two races on next Saturday’s program at Rosehill.
A $160,000 benchmark 88 over 1200m was lifted to benchmark 94 level and prize money of $200,000. The $160,000 spring preview handicap over 1400m was also raised to $200,000.
The first group race of the season in NSW, the Missile Stakes, has been scrapped after the meeting at Randwick on Saturday was washed out.
The group 2 over 1200m was the lone feature on the program, which was abandoned following 45mm of rain overnight and into the early morning on Saturday. It meant the course had received 87mm in the past week and 174mm during the past 30 days.
War Eternal, which was set to contest the Missile Stakes, surges to victory on a rain-affected Randwick track last year.Credit: Getty Images
Stewards made the call just after 7.30am, given predictions of more rain throughout the day.
“We’ve received over 45mms since nine o’clock last night,” Racing NSW chief steward Tom Moxon told Sky Racing.
“We conducted a track gallop at just before six o’clock this morning and the feedback from the riders was that although the track was as heavy as it could be at that point, we didn’t need any further rain, and unfortunately that rain fell a short time after that.
“There are some sections of the track that have surface water present. While we are confident that without any rain throughout the morning that surface water would disappear, we don’t have that forecast unfortunately.
“How the track is at the moment, it’s definitely in the position where we could say the track is suitable for racing. We definitely would need improvement and, unfortunately, we just don’t have that forecast today to give us that confidence that we could get through the meeting.”
Instead of rescheduling the $300,000 Missile Stakes, Racing NSW officials boosted prize money for two races on next Saturday’s program at Rosehill.
A $160,000 benchmark 88 over 1200m was lifted to benchmark 94 level and prize money of $200,000. The $160,000 spring preview handicap over 1400m was also raised to $200,000.
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