Officials at Newbury do not anticipate any problems with the forecast spell of cold weather ahead of the two-day Winter Carnival meeting, headlined by the Ladbrokes Trophy Handicap Chase on Saturday.
Officials at Newbury do not anticipate any problems with the forecast spell of cold weather ahead of the two-day Winter Carnival meeting, headlined by the Ladbrokes Trophy Handicap Chase on Saturday.
Temperatures are not expected to dip below freezing at their worst, but clerk of the course Richard Osgood has felt it prudent to protect the take-offs and landings.
“The forecast for the moment is we are going to get a frost tonight, but we should not go down much below zero or minus one,” said Osgood on Wednesday.
“It should be dry tomorrow followed by a light frost, probably just getting down to zero – if it touches that at all.
“Going into Saturday morning it should be about 3C. There should be no problems at all.
“I have covers on the take-offs and landings just as a precaution.
“The ground would be soft, good to soft on the hurdles and good to soft, soft in places on the chase course.”
