Warwick abandoned, Fontwell to inspect

This afternoon's fixture at WarwickRaces has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track.

Twenty millimetres of rainfall within the last 24 hours - 13mm of which fell since 8pm - put paid to any notion of the jumps meeting going ahead.

Clerk of the course Sulekha Varma said the incessant rainfall had been four times that had been forecast.

She tweeted: "With great regret, racing @WarwickRaces today has had to be abandoned.

"We cannot create a safe racing line around waterlogged ground."

Fontwell requires "significant improvement" if Sunday's jumps fixture is to go ahead.

An 8am inspection has been called on raceday morning after 23.5 millimetres of overnight rain left the ground heavy, waterlogged in places.

Clerk of the course Edward Arkell said: "Saturday is forecast to be nice and bright, which will be helpful, but we do need significant improvement ahead of the meeting."

The popular jumps fixture is due to feature the Grade Two totepool National Spirit Hurdle.