David MacDonald “Head Of Stadia” Corals. Pic Steve Nash
Romford boss David McDonald is not expecting to lose any more trial sessions with the racing circuit also undergoing some maintenance work.
He said: “We lost a session about a month ago due to the weather. This week we lost one due to the need to replace a bit of kit costing around two pounds, but it wasn’t detected until too late. But we are about to carry out some works on a new hare rail which is worn out and the drainage underneath it.
“It can be done in stages so racing won’t be affected. We are also installing a new photo finish camera which will be a big improvement on what we have already with higher resolution pictures.”
225m, 400m, 575m, 750m, 400mH
Romford remains Britain’s most prolific open race venue with 348 races staged until the end of June. Most prolific winner: Fivestar Clipper (11), top sire: Kinloch Brae (45), top dam: Lively Clipper and Zaras Fantasy (11), top trainer: Paul Young (49).
A sprinter covering the 225m in 13.60 is likely to win 50% of its opens. 23.93 will win 90% of 400m opens with 35.20 winning an equivalent percentage of 575m events.
