Further rain at Leopardstown The going has eased further at Leopardstown ahead of the Hennessy Gold Cup meeting on Sunday following another 14mm of rain overnight. The ground is now described as heavy (soft in places) on the chase course, while it’s soft to heavy on the hurdle course Nessa Joyce, Racing & Operations Manager at Leopardstown, said, “We would be able to race today, it wouldn’t be pretty but we would race! “Tomorrow and Friday are forecast to be two fairly clear days which is great and that will give the track the chance to breath. We did a lot of drainage work on the chase track last summer which is paying dividends now. “We’ll have to see what Friday night brings as there is another band of rain due to come in then. The track has taken everything which has been thrown at it so far and I’ve every confidence that we’ll be okay. I’m genuinely not worried. “We will be using the outer part of the chase track, and the hurdle track will have fresh ground as well. We obviously have to plan well in advance with the prospect of adverse weather to organise the ground for all our big jumps meetings from Christmas on, and the Hennessy meeting is always in our mind.”
