Kempton for check tomorrow
Officials at Kempton will stage a noon inspection on Christmas Eve to decide if their top-class St Stephen's Day fixture will go ahead.
Temperatures once again plummeted to below freezing last night, with some of the course covers frozen to the turf.
Further severe frosts are forecast from now until Sunday’s meeting, featuring the William Hill King George VI Chase.
Clerk of the course Barney Clifford said: “Temperatures have got up to just above zero today, but it is still bitterly cold.
“There is more cover visible than there is snow, but in places, the covers are still stuck to the grass.
“The wind-chill factor this morning was measured at minus 6.5C. The forecast is not too bad for tonight, getting down to minus 3C.
“It’s then minus 5C going into Christmas Day and minus 6C at dawn on Boxing Day.
“The Met Office tell us we are due an estimated wind-chill factor of minus 9C.
“With the covers stuck to the track, there’s not a lot you can do.”
