Winter racing at Perth’s Belmont Park remains on hold amid analysis of soil samples on a compromised section of the racetrack.
Perth Racing officials have confirmed that Belmont will remain out of action indefinitely as turf experts continue to work on solving an issue that brought racing to a stop midway through the Belmont Sprint meeting on May 24.
Jockeys said their mounts had difficulty gaining proper footing over a section of the racetrack in the home straight, about 150m from the winning post.
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