Lack of rain since the end of January has seen fleece and germination sheets laid down on New track to encourage growth
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“We are heading into a cold spell over the next 24 to 48 hours. Indications are for wintry showers early next week and cold temperatures overnight. But most forecasts suggest we should be out of the cold spell by next weekend and hopefully warming up.” “It is not in as good a shape as we would like going into the festival from a grass cover point of view.“We just haven’t had weather conditions conducive to recovery. It has just meant that the grass cover is not where we’d like it to be. It is a symptom of temperatures not being where they would ordinarily be.
“We have a combination of good, good to soft ground now. It is pretty consistent across both courses. We have managed to get the same irrigation on to the cross-country as well, so we are in good shape in the cross-country course as well.”
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