WITH the first Classics just over three weeks away, trainers in the Lambourn Valley are tearing their hair out following a wave of inclement weather which has disrupted a clear run to Newmarket on the back of one of the warmest winters in recent years.

ZIMBABWE gets the nap to land the Saab 93 Convertible Median Auction Maiden on a dismal card at Wexford this evening.

CLIVE BRITTAIN’S return to the big time continued at Chester yesterday as Dutch Gold spread-eagled his rivals to win the Victor Chandler Chester Vase.