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Two hurdles tracks at Leopardstown

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There will be two hurdles tracks in use for the two-day meeting at Leopardstown this weekend.

The Dublin track released going updates for the courses this morning after receiving no rain overnight.

The outer hurdles track, which will be used on Saturday for the €100,000 Boylesports.com Hurdle, is currently soft, soft to heavy in places.

The inner track will be used on Sunday for the Irish Champion Hurdle and is soft, yielding in places. The chase track is soft to heavy, heavy in places.

The forecast is for wintry showers later today which are to die out mid-week. There is also the chance of rain later in the week.

About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.