New downpours force Goodwood to abandon race meeting
The course’s second card of the season fell victim to a fresh downpour of 19mm overnight.
Although the track was perfectly raceable yesterday, officials planned a 6.30am inspection because of the overnight weather forecast.
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Hide AdThey had said the ground could have coped with another 5mm or so of rain - but 12mm was predicted and 19mm fell.
It’s a blow for the course, with a bumper set of eight races having been planned involving up to 80 runners in total.
Now they have a fortnight to pray for better weather ahead of their three-day May festival starting on Thursday 24.