The Hollywoodbets Kenilworth racemeeting scheduled for Sunday 23 April, and then postponed to Monday 24 April before being abandoned, will be run on Monday 1 May.
The decision to hold the racemeeting on Monday 1 May was taken so as not to clash head-on with the KZN racemeeting on 30 April, where a number of local riders have already accepted engagements.
Hollywoodbets Durban July entry Pomp And Power runs in the WSB Variety Club Mile (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Local racing on Saturday 29 April is at Turffontein, where the season climax of Champions Day will be hosted.
On Monday 1 May, there is a racemeeting scheduled for Hollywoodbets Greyville on the polytrack.
The abandoned Kenilworth programme, headed by the WSB Gr3 Variety Club Mile, includes three important feature races and will be an important prep platform for Cape Winter Season and KZN Champions Season features.
Following approximately 40mm of rain in a 24-hour period, horses were brought to Hollywoodbets Kenilworth to gallop on Sunday morning.
As areas of the track were waterlogged and further rain was forecast, a decision was made to postpone the race meeting scheduled for Sunday to today (Monday), pending a further track inspection this morning.
Following a further 40mm of rain since Sunday 23 April’s postponement, this brought the total rainfall in the last 7 days to 105mm.
In the interests of safety of horse and rider, a decision was made to cancel the race meeting and re-open entries for the card at the same venue on Monday 1 May.
