Tuesday's races at Punchestown postponed to Thursday due to Status Orange wind warning

Horse Racing Ireland have confirmed that any bookings for Tuesday's meeting will remain valid on Thursday.

Today's bad weather means that the race card at Punchestown has been rescheduled for Thursday Photo: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Punchestown's meeting on Tuesday has been postponed due to the upgraded Status Orange wind warning from Met Éireann.

Following a significant amount of rainfall over the course of last night and this morning, the course remains heavy and with no signs of improvement expected and high winds remaining, the decision has been made to postpone the meet. 

Horse Racing Ireland have confirmed that this meeting will now take place on Thursday instead.

"Following the cancellation of the Punchestown meeting scheduled for today, Tuesday December 9 due to an orange status wind warning, Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has announced that this meeting will now take place this Thursday, December 11.

"Declarations and rider bookings stand for this meeting, and the time of the first race remains at 11:50am."