Going updates

Published at Sep 7, 2012, 9:29

Champion Stakes favourite Nathaniel
© Healy Racing Photos

Leopardstown is good on both tracks ahead of tomorrow's big dual Group 1 card, headlined by the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes and the Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes.

With the Moyglare Day on Sunday at the Curragh it's yielding, good in places. The forecast is for a generally dry and warm weekend.

The ground at Galway is now soft, yielding to soft in places.

Kilbeggan is now good (hurdle and bumper track) and good, good to yielding in places ( chase track).

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