Cartmel gets green light

Morshead happy to give the all-clear

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Monday's meeting at Cartmel has been given the all-clear despite a huge amount of rain in the last 24 hours.

Clerk of the course Anthea Morshead called a 7.30am inspection because of a poor forecast, but staff were prepared for the worst and the track is raceable.

"We have had 24 millimetres of rain in the last 24 hours, but the rain sheets that we have put out have saved the day," said Morshead.

"The majority of the ground is heavy, we'll miss the last two fences on the woodside and we've pushed both bends very wide so they are on completely fresh ground.

"The forecast for this morning is largely dry and while there is a risk of rain coming in this afternoon, there is some doubt about the arrival time.

"Obviously we can't call off the meeting for what might come so racing goes ahead.

"The ground staff have done a huge amount of work and thank god it has paid off."