Cloudburst brings Tipperary to premature end

RACING at Tipperary last night was abandoned after six races when a cloudburst turned the ground into a virtual skating rink for the Ramada Ballykisteen Handicap Chase.

The surface was firm and when it rained it changed everything, producing ground that was slippery and particularly dangerous.

Four horses slipped up and one of them, Samasakhan, fractured a leg and had to be put down.