All Flat tracks in Britain to be remeasured

BHA head of raceday operations Brant Dunshea (centre) with BHA chief executive Nick Rust (left) and clerk of the course James Sanderson at Thirsk, which will be remeasured with the rest of Britain's Flat coursesCredit: David Carr

Punters can celebrate another victory in the battle for more accurate information as it can be revealed all Britain's Flat courses are to be remeasured in a project that mirrors a similar review of jump tracks last year.

The review comes in the wake of inaccurate race distances discovered when Newcastle opened its all-weather course earlier this year.

Suspiciously quick times on the first day raised concerns over the exact trip of races being run on the new Tapeta track and the track was forced to have them re-calibrated.

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David CarrReporter

Published on 19 September 2016inBritain

Last updated 19:13, 19 September 2016

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