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Leopardstown ground now soft

Vincent Finegan

Vincent Finegan

Published at Jun 21, 2012, 10:24

Leopardstown stands
© Photo Healy Racing

The going for this evening's fixture at Leopardstown is now soft.

The racecourse issued a statement at 9am this morning that there had been 17mm of rain since declaration time.

There is more wet weather due with showers set to continue throughout the day.

There was also 8mm of rain overnight at Ascot and the going is now described as Good to Soft. The day has started sunny at the Berkshire track.

About Vincent Finegan

Vincent, who lives on the Curragh in Co. Kildare, is the editor of irishracing.com and has almost 40 years experience in the horse racing industry. He writes a weekly blog on this website covering all aspects of the sport and presents our Irish Angle video show on Mondays. He is a dual winner of The Irish Field naps table.

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