Weather alert for racing
Yesterday’s fixture at Hereford was called off due to waterlogging this morning and today’s two National Hunt fixtures at Newcastle and Exeter are subject to inspections at 7.30am.
Lingfield’s meeting on Thursday is already in doubt with an inspection called for 3pm today while Sandown need an improvement for their Friday and Saturday cards to go ahead.
Racing at Stratford next Monday is also under threat after the River Avon burst its banks, putting the course under a foot of water in places.
The going at both of tomorrow’s jumps meetings at Catterick and Fontwell is described as soft, heavy in places but prospects for Lingfield on Thursday are not good.
Sandown was not raceable today with parts of the track waterlogged following three-quarters of an inch of rain over the weekend and the forecast for racing on Friday and Saturday is “not encouraging”.
