Track conditions are expected to be ideal at Hastings on Saturday, where the Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) is the highlight of the second day of the Hawke’s Bay carnival.
While the opening day was run on a Slow8 track, a favourable forecast for Saturday should provide runners with every opportunity and the rail will be pushed out four metres.
“It will be like a fresh new surface, especially down the back and around the bend,” Track Manager Richard Fenwick said.
“The track is just into the Dead4 range, which you would think should be ideal.”