With summer approaching and the prospect of torrential rain or heavy thunder storms disrupting racemeetings has always been the bane of the track managers. The laying of a synthetic poly track at Greyville went some way to easing these fears as, barring a monsoon, the poly track should always be raceable. However, there were teething problems, one of which was at the pull-up past the winning post where the poly track met the turf surface. Any heavy downpours resulted in localised flooding and unsafe underfoot conditions for horses easing up out of their races and on occasion resulting in the jockey’s refusing to continue riding

Hopefully this is now a problem of the past as the poly track has been extended by a further 100m past where the original poly track ended and additional drainage included – the work having recently being completed.

Grass and Poly (Warren Lenferna)

The work was carried out while the turf track was under-going it’s spring treatment and Greyville hosts the first of its regular Friday night poly track meetings of the season this coming Friday, September 22.

By Andrew Harrison