Only two of the three semi-finals of the Reading Masters were staged on Wednesday night as the hare stopped during the second of the eliminators. With the final due to be run on Sunday, Reading are going to re-run the semi final on Friday morning as a one-off event. The first semi-final was won by Blitz (T5) in 28.14secs while the third heat was taken by Blonde Jeannie (T1)(MATT's selection) who won by 11 lengths in 28.09secs.
So the 'Big Guns" are still run in the Third Semi but it shows up Reading as a second grade Huckleberry tack.
This problem of the hare stopping happens on a regular basis here. How can they expect Trainers to bring top dogs here when they cant even be bothered for their Premier event of the year, to ensure the hare is working !!
Benny