Trainers unhappy with decision to race on unwatered ground

SHREYAS pipped the fast-finishing Fiery Lad in the listed Nijinsky Stakes at Leopardstown last night.

The Jim Bolger-trained filly justified 11/8 favouritism, in the absence of Famous Name, which was withdrawn by Dermot Weld due to unsuitable ground conditions.

Weld was one of a group of trainers unhappy with a decision made on Wednesday to race on an unwatered stretch of ground, officially described as ‘good’ rather than the terrain which was originally intended for use and was notified as ‘good to yielding’ at declaration time.