As part of the initiative to ensure the readiness of the Vaal racing surface for The Grand Heritage on 1 October, Phumelela have announced that the last two races at the race meeting on Tuesday, 20 September, will host bigger fields than normal.
Race 7, a MR73 Divided Handicap over 1200m, has 17 runners while the final race on the programme, a FM64 over 1400m, has 18 runners carded.
To accommodate the bigger fields, the middle rail that usually separates the Outside and Inside tracks will be removed and there will be a 5m spur at the 500m mark on the inside running rail.
The starting stalls for these races will be placed in the centre of the track.
The Grand Heritage, sponsored by World Sports Betting, will be run over 1475m and the operator is hopeful that a full field of 28 runners will line up for the R750,000 contest. Three other races, all making up the jackpot, are also set to have 28 runners
