Naas raceable and confident of going ahead Naas Manager Tom Ryan reports the Co. Kildare track raceable at present and is very confident the meeting scheduled for this Saturday will go ahead as planned. Ryan said, “The track is raceable today and, if we get the weather that Met Eireann is predicting between now and Saturday, we should be okay. “There is a band of rain crossing the country on Friday night into Saturday morning with winds of about 35 to 40km per hour which is not as strong as was originally feared. We are due another 20 to 25mm of rain between now and racing on Saturday. “We had about 20mm of rain last night. The ground is heavy but it’s raceable. We’ve had just over 50mm of rain in total since last Thursday night but, from the figures Met Eireann told me this morning, I don’t have any concerns at all. “Once the track gets a few hours now it’s well able to soak significant amounts of rainfall. The outlets which are there now give us the ability to get water away very quickly.” Looking ahead to the big Sunday meetings at Naas on February 23 (Paddy Power Cheltenham Trials Day) and the Leinster National fixture on March 9, Ryan is confident the track will cope well with the recent wet spell. He added, “The chase track is obviously the main concern. The entries for the chase races this Saturday aren’t massive which helps. The hurdle track has six or seven yards of fresh ground and we have the same amount of fresh ground available for the next two big meetings.”
