Aintree falls victim to high winds

Racing at Aintree today has been abandoned due to high winds.

Sun, 27 Oct, 2002 - 11:13

Racing at Aintree today has been abandoned due to high winds.

Clerk of the Course Andrew Tulloch said: "The weather bureau were predicting winds of 50-55 mph when our meeting was due to start but they have upgraded that now to 70 mph and it was getting too hairy.

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