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Dry summer puts horse racing season under threat
Tom Ryall says Wincanton Racecourse needs a lot of steady rainfall to avoid cancelling their opening fixture for the second year running [BBC]The dry summer risks disrupting the early months of the horse racing season, with racecourses warning fixtures could be cancelled unless significant rain arrives in the coming weeks. >Tom Ryall, clerk of the course at Wincanton Racecourse in Somerset, said "a constant wet period for the next two months" is needed to make the ground soft enough to race on
