Stratford finally gets the go-ahead This afternoon's meeting at Stratford has finally been given the go-ahead after passing a third inspection at 1pm. Clerk of the course Steven Lambert and his team first looked at 9am but after temperatures dipped to -8C overnight, the decision was taken to look again at 11.30am. By that time there was a massive improvement but still not enough to give the meeting the green light and a third inspection was called for 1pm. The sun was shining brightly, however, and thankfully the meeting survived. "All is well, we are racing," said Lambert. "The going is good, good to firm in places. We might have to bypass a fence or two but no decision will be taken on that until 2.30pm as the first race on the chase course is not until 3.05pm."
