Listowel festival cut to five days with no flat racing

LISTOWEL has become yet another victim of the dreadful weather and their Festival, due to start this coming Sunday, has been put back to the following Tuesday.

As well it has been decided to cancel all the flat races scheduled for the meeting and the plan now is to stage a five-day National Hunt festival, rather than seven days, finishing on the Saturday.

The decision was made yesterday morning by the local committee, in conjunction with clerk of the course, Peter McGouran, and acting inspector of courses, Bill McLernon.