Saturday Track Reports for August 1: Flemington, Rosehill, Doomben, Belmont & Morphettville Parks

The track’s currently a Good 4, with the rail in the 10m position and a Going Stick of 9.3.

We looked at last year’s readings and it’s actually very similar to last year in terms of the weather, rail position and Going Stick.

This is our normal implementation that we do throughout the year, so we’ve completed our renovation work on the inside 10m following the last meeting to get ready for the Spring Carnival.

After this meeting, we’ll have some jump-outs on the course proper on Monday and continue that preparation for the Spring Carnival.

The ground around the back circle is in really good condition because it hasn’t had any traffic over it.

There’s a little bit of wear off the fence from the previous six weeks of racing, but I think the inside-to-middle section is the better going.

The forecast is 16 degrees with a 14km/h north-easterly, which tends to be more of a tailwind down the straight.

I’d like to think it won’t affect the racing, though, and it should be a fine day for racing.

After our track walk this morning—quite a cold morning we had—we’ve got our track at the Soft 5 rating (now Good 4).

We’ve pushed our rail out to the seven-metre position from the 800m to the winning post and then six metres for the remainder.

Last race meeting we had the rail in the four-metre position, so this rail move has pushed us outside the damage and given us a nice, even pad of grass to race on for Saturday.

We’ve certainly had some cold temperatures overnight and early morning.

We had a light frost this morning, but we’re heading for a nice day today, 18 to 19 degrees, and pretty similar tomorrow, with lots of sunshine and the same sort of temperatures.

Saturday’s forecast at this stage is looking mostly sunny, with a top temperature of 19 degrees and a very, very slight chance of a little bit of drizzle.

Grass coverage: Good.

Rail position and why: +3m entire, moving to the best available ground.

How it played last time: Four winners settled forward, three settled midfield and two settled towards the rear.

Verdict: Track currently walks in the soft range at the moment. We are expecting the track to hold in the soft range for Saturday. The forecast is for fine weather with no rain around leading into Saturday. Track has a good cover of grass on it for this time of year, however there is some marking across the whole track.