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Yielding to soft ground at Naas

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The Group 3 Blue Wind Stakes, from which Albula is now an absentee, is the feature on an eight-race card at Naas today with the action getting underway at 1.40pm.

After 14mm of rain yesterday, the ground is yielding to soft on the straight course and yielding to soft, soft in places on the round course with mainly dry day in store.

Following 8mm of rain yesterday after watering earlier in the week, the ground at Cork remains good to yielding. It's set to be dry for a National Hunt card comprising of six hurdles and a bumper with a start-time of 2.00pm.

It's now good ground at Leopardstown for tomorrow's meeting with a mainly dry forecast.

Following 12mm of rain yesterday Roscommon is now yielding to soft for Monday evening's Flat card. It's set to be mainly dry over the weekend with up to 10mm (approx) of rain forecast from early Monday morning.

About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.