Leopardstown fully expecting Dublin Racing Festival to go ahead as planned

A prolonged period of wet weather in the Irish capital, including an unexpected 60mm of rain on Monday, left Leopardstown unraceable on Tuesday.

Leopardstown's CEO Mark Clayton is confident the course will be staging the Dublin Racing Festival as scheduled. Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie

Storm Chandra appears to have found a worthy adversary in the shape of Leopardstown, where new CEO Mark Clayton is confident the course will be staging the highly-anticipated Dublin Racing Festival as scheduled on Saturday and Sunday.

Formally an executive director at Southwell where he was part of the team that brought City Of Troy to Nottinghamshire prior to the Breeders' Cup, Clayton is now tasked with overseeing the invasion of British racing fans set to descend on the Foxrock venue, where ticket sales are expected to reach 35,000.