The Hollywoodbets Kenilworth racemeeting scheduled for Monday 22 July has been postponed to Wednesday 24 July.
Cape Racing’s Justin Vermaak advised that after gallops were held this past Wednesday, the decision was made to abandon both the mid-week meeting and the meeting scheduled for today, 20 July.
“The track staff and jockeys felt that with 15-20mm forecast to fall on Thursday and Friday, it would not leave enough time for the track to recover. Unfortunately, we received 70mm over this period which has now cast major doubts over recovery for the track for the meeting on Monday, 22 July. We have therefore decided to postpone this meeting to Wednesday, 24 July.
Vermaak said that this gives the track two extra days to recover under favourable circumstances, according to the latest weather forecast.
“The postponement until Wednesday now serves up a period of four racemeetings over six days, including back-to-back racing across both our venues next week. We are looking forward to hosting an action packed end to the season,” he concluded.
