Galway watered to maintain ground Despite watering overnight the going remains pretty quick at Galway, where the action switches to the jumps on the middle leg of the three-day September meeting this afternoon. The ground is described as good to firm (good in places) on the hurdle course, and good (good to firm in places) on the chase course at Ballybrit. The first on a seven-race card gets underway at 4.25pm, with Rebel Fitz taking centre-stage as the Mick Winters-trained gelding faces six rivals in the featured Deacy Gilligan Novice Chase. The final classic of the season takes place at the Curragh this weekend as the Gain Irish St Leger forms the highlight of a two-day meeting on Saturday and Sunday. The going at headquarters is currently good to firm on the round course and good on the straight course. The seven-day Listowel Festival begins on Sunday, and the ground at the Co. Kerry venue remains good (National Hunt) and yielding (Flat) following just 1mm of rain overnight. Track officials plan on using the outside track at Listowel for both Flat races over a mile and the National Hunt races. The weather forecast is quite favourable for the next few days with mainly dry conditions predicted.
