Curragh soft ahead of Flat opener The ground at the Curragh is soft for the curtain raiser of the Flat season on Sunday. Racing, which features the Tote Irish Lincolnshire, will take place on the stand side of the straight course. The forecast is for a dry and settled weekend. Downpatrick also race on Sunday and the course is good to yielding, yielding in places for the Ulster National meeting. The forecast is also for a dry and settled weekend in the north.
