An inspection of the harness racing track in Launceston in Tasmania will be made at noon today (AEST) to determine whether or not the 10-race twilight harness meeting scheduled at the Luxbet Racing Centre can proceed as planned.
A similar amount of rain to that which has covered the Hobart track in the south of the state that forced the postponement of that meeting, has fallen on the Launceston circuit in the past 12 hours.
Leading harness trainer Ben Yole expects to take a team of 35 horses to the Launceston meeting which is a modern day record for any one trainer.
Yole's team will be transported in four trucks and two double horse floats.
"We will start preparing for the meeting around noon and it will take a full team of seven people to make it all work," Yole said.
"This is the most we've taken to the races so we are hoping everything goes smoothly."
Yole has multiple runners in each of the 10 races and in a couple of races he has more than half the field.
Yole says Ebonyallstarzzz looms as one of his best bets on the program as she has drawn the pole in race four and he also has a high regard for Regmondo (11) that will start from the second line in race seven.
Peter Staples