think they’d put alot more money & effort into it if the covers were a guarantee that racing would still go ahead.
But Haydock back on December 19th had the covers on as did Doncaster at the weekend & both were lost anyway.
Cheltenham was also covered & that was very much touch & go.
Fair enough, but the temperatures on those nights went down to -8/-9 and the freezing temperatures were prolonged over days and weeks. Leicester was only -1/-2 last night and if the covers had gone on early enough Newcastle would have had a fair chance, they were raceable yesterday evening. Under the current setup most courses have no chance even with moderate sub zero night time temperatures. Everybody loses.