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Cheltenham attribute hole in the ground to broken drain

Cheltenham racecourse has revealed that they believe a broken drain caused a hole in the ground that appeared on the track during racing on Saturday afternoon.

Picture: (Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

The concluding contest was run almost half an hour behind schedule and ran in darkening light after officials were forced to move the railings to avoid the sizeable hole.

Jon Pullin, clerk of the course at Cheltenham, defended the decision to run the contest in fading light and has since said the track will now "carry out further investigative work" after discovering a broken drain to be the cause of the hole.

He commented: "Over the past 48 hours, an investigation has been underway to determine the cause of the hole that appeared in the track ahead of our final race on Saturday.

"Working closely with external drainage specialists, we have identified that the most likely cause was a broken drain located directly beneath the hole.

"We will now carry out further investigative work as well as conducting precautionary checks, alongside our standard pre-Festival course preparations."


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