Naas track waterlogged

Today's fixture at Naas has been cancelled due to a waterlogged track.

Today's fixture at Naas has been cancelled due to a waterlogged track.

Course officials were left with no choice but to call off the meeting after the Co Kildare venue was submerged by a deluge of overnight rainfall.

The National Hunt card will instead by staged on Tuesday, with fresh declarations to be made by Monday.

Cliff Noone, Irish Turf Club press officer, said: "Naas had 27 millimetres of overnight rain, which they weren't expecting.

"An early-morning inspection was called, but there was little hope."

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