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Newly-created inner track at Ascot
- Updated: July 28, 2016
Ascot will stage this year’s Qipco Champion Stakes on a newly-configured inner course in order to ensure the best possible ground for the centrepiece of British Champions Day on October 15.
Running rails will be put in position to create a bespoke track, which will not have been watered through the summer.
The change will also see the start of the race move back approximately 80yards allowing for a longer run into the first bend, with potential reduction to the significance of the draw.
Nick Smith, director of racing and communications at Ascot, said: “Supported by the BHA, we believe that it is in the best interests of fairness and clarity to make this decision now.
“Changing the course at the five-day stage or at declarations runs the risk of upsetting connections, and indeed punters, by actively deciding to favour certain parties over others.
“Making the decision now means that everyone knows that the surface will, in all …
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