Fairyhouse to inspect again in morning Fairyhouse remains unfit for racing due to frost after a 4.00pm inspection this afternoon. A further 8.00am inspection will be held tomorrow morning ahead of the seven-race card. Action is due to get underway at 1.30pm. Temperatures are forecast to rise overnight with outbreaks of rain. Peter Roe, racecourse manager of the County Meath track, said all is not lost yet:- "It was very frustrating but basically the temperature did not get to what we expected. "We'll have a look in the morning and we did not want to pull it tonight as the temperatures are due to rise. "We are looking at it rising to 5C at around midnight with some rain, which should definitely help. If the forecast is right, we will be able to race." Sunday’s meeting a Punchestown, which features the higly anticipated clash of two mile rivals Big Zeb and Sizing Europe, is set to go ahead as planned after covers were laid on the track earlier in the week. “The covers are down and have been since Tuesday,” explained Punchestown racing manager Richie Galway. “It’s a labour intensive initiative but if it is the difference between racing going ahead or being abandoned it is well worth the effort. “The hurdle and chase tracks are currently raceable and we are confident, based on the forecast, that there won’t be any problems for Sunday. The cross country track is run over such an expanse it is not feasible to cover it. At present there are a small number of areas that are unraceable, however, if the milder temperatures arrive as forecast and given that we have moved the race to late in the day we are very hopeful.”
