Friday’s National Hunt meeting at Bangor has been abandoned due to snow and frost.

Officials at Bangor have been forced to abandon the chases at their next two meetings after the River Dee burst its banks last month.

Conditions on the Roodee should be perfect for Wednesday’s totesport Chester Cup, for which a maximum field of 18 has been declared for what is the showpiece of the three-day meeting.

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