Wincanton call early check

Saturday’s meeting at Wincanton is already under threat after heavy overnight rain at the track.

Clerk of the course Barry Johnson will take a look at 11am on Wednesday ahead of the meeting which is due to feature the Kingwell Hurdle.

He said: “We have had 33 millimetres of rain on an already waterlogged track. We are going to inspect at 11am tomorrow.

“The problem we have got is that we haven’t been able to put the track back since our meeting on January 29 and that is a good three days work.

“We will see if it is dry enough to work on and have a good look and then take it from there.”