Kempton ‘50-50’ but hopes rising

THE persistent cold spell has already eaten into the Christmas programme but officials at Kempton remain hopeful about their prospects of staging the prestigious William Hill King George VI Chase meeting Sunday.

The meetings at Market Rasen and Towcester have already gone, inspections have been called at Wetherby, Wincanton and Huntingdon, although Fontwell are upbeat.

There was a noticeable improvement in conditions at Kempton yesterday and while clerk of the course Barney Clifford describes the chances of racing on Sunday as “50-50” he said they would pull out all the stops to try to ensure the meeting goes ahead as scheduled.