Waterlogging claims Abbot card

Monday’s meeting at Newton Abbot has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track.

Clerk of the course Jason Loosemore called an 11.30am inspection on Saturday after heavy overnight rain.

He reports the track to be unraceable at present with little prospect of it improving in time for Monday’s card.

“We had a deluge last night, as lots of places in the south west did, and that has left us waterlogged,” he said.

“The forecast is for a day of overcast weather with occasional showers and we would need a good few days of dry weather with a stiff breeze and warm sunshine to help.

“We’re not forecast that and we don’t have the time to dry out, so we have abandoned the meeting.”