Tomorrow’s Durbanville meeting will go ahead as planned despite all last week’s rain and the loss of its two most recent fixtures to waterlogging. The first was abandoned and the second switched to Kenilworth.

Racing manager Dean Diedericks said: “When we did all the work on the track we weren’t sure how it would drain and we have had some trouble at the 600m mark. We are going to put in more drainage there but obviously we can’t do that at the moment. However we won’t have a problem on Tuesday if the weather stays fine.”

Grant Knowles has switched his Central Route Trading Sale on Thursday week (July 26) from Kenilworth to Durbanville for AHS quarantine reasons.

He said: “Durbanville is outside the free zone whereas Kenilworth is the free zone. There are some well bred weanlings – by Captain Al, Twice Over and others – in the catalogue and I want them in the sale so I changed the venue.”

Sixteen of the 69 lots are submitted by Mayfair Speculators including the expected star of the show Lady Of The House. The Woolavington winner finished strongly to take third in last Saturday’s Ladies Mile, her first run for seven months.

By Michael Clower