Sligo softens after rain The ground at Sligo ahead of today's fixture has eased significantly following rain overnight. The going is now soft, soft to heavy in places after the course received 8mm of rain since yesterday. The description at declaration had been yielding to soft. The forecast for today is mostly cloudy with rain at times. Action on the jumps card, which features six chases and a bumper, gets underway at 2.55pm. Tipperary race on Sunday and next Tuesday and the Flat course is currently good, yielding in places and National Hunt track good following 17mm of rain overnight. More rain is forecast for the area.