Kempton off to rocky start

All-weather racing at Kempton got off to a rocky start after stones on the track caused a huge delay to their opening meeting.

Kempton off to rocky start
Sat, 25 Mar, 2006 - 17:17

All-weather racing at Kempton got off to a rocky start after stones on the track caused a huge delay to their opening meeting.

The action was due to get underway at 2.30pm but stones were found on the racing line prompting officials to inspect the Polytrack surface before allowing racing to go ahead.

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