Catterick will have to pass an 8am inspection if Friday’s meeting is to go ahead.

Tuesday’s meeting at Catterick has been abandoned due to snow and frost.

RACING enthusiasts are having to face up to the possibility of there being no racing in either Britain or Ireland on Sunday.

Catterick’s meeting scheduled for this afternoon must pass a second inspection at 9.30am.

The National Hunt meeting in Leicester, England on Tuesday is the latest to fall by the wayside as the cold snap shows no signs of relenting.

Dale Gibson has announced he will retire from race-riding at York on Saturday.

As the countdown begins in earnest to the return of Kieren Fallon, the six-times champion jockey is considering the options for the scene of his eagerly-awaited comeback ride.

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Catterick have abandoned their New Year’s Day meeting after the track failed to pass an 8am inspection while Ayr's weekend card has also been abandoned.

Cheltenham leads an air of optimism that 2009 will begin with jumps racing despite the current cold spell that continues to bite into the fixture list.

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Thirteen-year-old identical twins Lisa and Leona Maguire have been named in the Great Britain and Ireland senior squad for the Vagliano Trophy against the Continent of Europe in Hamburg next July.

Alan Swinbank has withdrawn his appeal against a £5,000 fine handed out by the Catterick stewards under the non-triers rule on New Year’s Day.

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Jockey Neil Callan is in top form at present and he made it nine winners in the past seven days when completing a near 10-1 double on Rio Taffeta and Bahamian Ballet at Catterick.

Daragh O’Donohoe and Paul Mulrennan both fell foul of the Catterick stewards this afternoon.

German raider Scatina is among 13 fillies left in the HBLB Lancashire Oaks at Newmarket on Wednesday.

Expensive Flat recruit Purple Moon is still on target for a possible crack at the John Smith’s Scottish Triumph Hurdle Trial at Musselburgh on February 4.

Bentong looked a class act when he recorded a narrow but convincing success in the £50,000 (€73,200) Weatherbys Insurance Summer Sprint at Redcar.

Today's meeting at Catterick has been abandoned.

This afternoon's meeting at Catterick has been abandoned due to frost.

THIS is a huge week for golf in Ireland and Britain with at least four major tournaments down for decision.

Keys Of Cyprus has a long way to go to mirror the achievements of his half-brother Continent but he nevertheless made an impressive start to his racing career in the Ouse Maiden Stakes at Catterick today.

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are to make a return to comedy with a new British TV sitcom about two daft social club workers.