Tramore to face 8am inspection ahead of New Year's Day meeting
Tramore will face an 8am inspection ahead of New Year's Day meeting. Photo: Noel Browne.
The eagerly awaited New Year's Day meeting at Tramore will face an 8am inspection due to forecast rain to see whether the O'Driscoll's Irish Whiskey New Year's Day Chase Grade 3 will get the go ahead.
The track is currently raceable with the going description reading soft on the chase course and soft, soft to heavy in places on the hurdle track, but with a significant amount of rain forecast ahead of the turn of the New Year, officials have called a precautionary inspection at 8am tomorrow morning.
The fixture is due to include the seasonal reappearance of the 2021 Gold Cup winner Minella Indo in the feature Grade 3 New Year's Day Chase (2.15), in which Monty's Star, Classic Getaway, Cappodanno and Appreciate It will also compete.
"Due to the current forecast, which is predicting up to 20mm of rain, there will be an 8am precautionary inspection tomorrow morning," clerk of the course Val O'Connell said.
"There has been no rain at the track since declarations yesterday and it remains dry at present but Met Eireann are giving us the possibility of up to 20mm of rain from later today up until 8am tomorrow morning, so on that basis we felt it was right to have a precautionary inspection.
"It is to be a mainly dry and breezy day once the rain passes tomorrow morning."
