Two races deserted because of horse slipping on bend

Dashing’s surrender issues have gone on after two races on Lingfield’s Monday level card didn’t go on following ground well being worries on the last curve.

In the initial race of the evening, Cu Chulainn, ridden by William Buick, slipped while taking the last twist prior to being facilitated in the last two furlongs, completing last of the seven sprinters.

This prompted an investigation of the surface on the last curve, with racers and stewards choosing to leave the two competitions to be run on the round track.

The last four races, all on the straight course, were permitted to go on at the Surrey scene.

It is presently the fourth time in six days that dashing has been deserted because of ground issues, with the most recent coming at Chester on Saturday, following comparative abandonment’s at Beverley on Wednesday and Haydock on Friday as tracks battle with a blend of a long drought followed by times of weighty downpour.

George Hill, Lingfield’s Clerk of the Course, addressed during the gathering, conceding he was confused to how the pony sneaked through the race.

“It’s a troublesome one – I haven’t arranged the track any uniquely in contrast to I would have done over the most recent couple of weeks,” he said.

“This is our fourth turf meeting this month and the track has been arranged the same way. It would’ve had more dampness on it today than for instance three weeks prior.

“I’m scratching my head with respect to why that pony sneaked through race one. It’s something we will audit.

“Tragically, it’s simply a circumstance where we have figured out how to lose race two and three subsequently and I can apologize to associations of those ponies.”

Martin Cruddace, CEO of Arena Racing Company, affirmed later in the early evening that the British Horseracing Authority wouldn’t permit the races deserted to be moved to the all-weather conditions surface at Lingfield.