Queensland chief steward Josh Adams says he has ticked off the “back to normality” Eagle Farm race track after an important set of jumpouts on Monday morning.
Eagle Farm has had a very different look in the period since a meeting was sensationally called off when Robbie Dolan fell last July, with jockeys at the time feeling that horses were shying at a building on the point of the turn.
Racing returned to Eagle Farm when an expensive “sight screen” and trackside hoardings covered in mesh were established as a method of covering up construction of the building.
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There have been no major incidents since and the building has now been completed.
Portions of the “sight screen” came down several months ago and the last of the major scaffolding came down following the Eagle Farm midweek races last Wednesday.
Only a small section of black fence, about 10 metres long, is likely to remain.
Speaking to Racenet on Monday morning, Adams said: “We had jumpouts at Eagle Farm this morning to return back to normality after the construction.
“It has been ticked off with jockeys no longer needing to go and ‘sight’ the home turn pre-race, although we will continue the process with early season two-year-olds.”
Eagle Farm is set to host an eight-race midweek meeting on Wednesday.
Originally published as ‘Back to normality’: Eagle Farm gets tick from stewards