Chases abandoned at Thurles

Published at Nov 19, 2009, 8:21

Following an inspection of the course this morning, the two chase races on today's card at Thurles have been abandoned.

The chase course was found to be unfit for racing after a further 15mm of rain fell overnight. The first race on a five race card will now get underway at 1.35pm, and the going is described as heavy.

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