Southwell meet frozen off

Southwell's jumps fixture on Tuesday has become the latest casualty of the cold snap.

With overnight temperatures having plummeted to -11C, the meeting was abandoned following an inspection this morning.

"There was absolutely no hope, so we've called it a day already," said clerk of the course Roderick Duncan.

All is not lost at the Nottinghamshire venue, however, as a six-race Flat card on the all-weather will be formulated on the same afternoon.

Declarations to run must be made by 10am on Monday, with the first race due off at 1pm.

Duncan added: "The all-weather track is being well worked, and we're not anticipating any problems."