Going updates There's an eight-race card on the Flat in Gowran Park today which gets under way at 1.32pm. The going is good after selective watering. A warm, dry and breezy day is expected with no measurable rain. Racing six yards from the innermost racing line. Aidan O'Brien's 103-rated Heavens Gate goes for a big pot in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Gowran Classic worth €200,000 at 2.42pm. There is also a National Hunt card in Listowel from 1.55pm. The ground is good (watering). Mainly dry this morning, with rain developing later from around 5pm. Lord Erskine and Mercury Mission are non runners in the two mile handicap hurdle at 3.40pm. The Beasley Engineering Hunters Steeplechase (Race 6 at 4.50pm) will now be run over 2m 7f 150yds instead of 3m.
