2nd November 2019
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Racing is back at Kenilworth today with the going reported as good to soft
The Kenilworth track showed its quality and durability after over 130mm of rain fell on Friday and was declared to have ‘galloped like a carpet’ earlier today
There are not many options open to the organisers with another cold front forecast for Sunday
The false rail is set at zero on the back straight, to 3m on the turn – with a 3m spur at approximately the 550m mark
Temperatures are forecast to reach into the early 30’s with eight races carded at Kenilworth today
The false rail is in the original position with a 5m spur at the 470m mark
The Kenilworth fourth race forms part of the new Blitz racemeeting format, which is in operation from yesterday
Following 17mm of rain in the last 24 hours and 28mm in the last 7 days, with more forecast; there are concerns that the track will not dry out sufficiently
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
