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Testing conditions likely for Punchestown
Punchestown
© Healy Racing Photos
The going at Punchestown ahead of their five day Festival which starts tomorrow and runs until Saturday, is currently soft, soft to heavy in places on the hurdle, chase and bumper tracks while it’s soft on the cross country course.
There was 10mm of rain at the Co Kildare venue on Sunday while a further 2mm fell overnight.
With the forecast for further rain today and tomorrow the ground is likely to ease even further ahead of the season ending Festival.
Meanwhile at Cork ahead of racing there today the ground is now yielding, yielding to soft in places on the hurdle course while it’s yielding to soft, soft in places on the chase track.
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.
