Thurles meeting moved to next Tuesday

Racing:  Horseracing Ireland confirmed Thursday's abandoned meeting at Thurles will now be rescheduled next Tuesday.

Racing: Horseracing Ireland confirmed Thursday's abandoned meeting at Thurles will now be rescheduled next Tuesday.

The seven-race card was due to feature the Grade Two MacLochlainn Road Markings Ltd. Kinloch Brae Chase, in which totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup third Forget The Past was to have his first run over fences this term.

Heavy rain saw the track fall victim to waterlogging but officials acted swiftly to save the card.

Forget The Past's trainer Michael O'Brien now plans to send his nine-year-old for the rescheduled event, for which original entries will stand. Fresh declarations will have to be made on Monday morning.

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"I think they are going to reschedule for Tuesday and that being the case, he will wait for that," said O'Brien. "If it doesn't go ahead next week, we don't really have any plan for him. We will just have to wait and see what happens."