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SLIPPER DAY IN JEOPARDY, CLARITY EXPECTED 2PM TOMORROW
March 17, 2021 12:15 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
Saturday’s
Nevesh Ramdhani, the
Bureau Of Meteorology at around 2pm tomorrow would shed light on whether the
Rosehill meeting proceeded.
Sydney between now and
“To be honest, we just don’t know,”
Ramdhani said.
“The forecasts have been a fair way off the mark. Last week, for instance, they predicted 70-80mls and we got seven.
“The area of concern is what we might get Saturday and we’re going to get a better indication from the
BOM tomorrow than we would today. The most reliable information will come as late as we can get it.”
Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup would like to see changes made in Sydney.
“I would love to see a new track built with a training track incorporated in it,” Widdup said. “We could copy Japan, maybe not on that scale but something needs to be done. There’s too many horses at Warwick Farm and there’s no room at Randwick or Rosehill.”
Glen Boss says Sydney needs a new ‘super track’. Picture: Getty Images
BIG SQUEEZE
One Warwick Farm trainer told this column last month that he feared that one day only “four or five” trainers would be training out of each track in Sydney and have all the horses. “That’s what’s happening because they’ve allowed trainers to get that big and no one else can get stables,” they said. “There’s nowhere to go for up-and-coming trainers.”