Carlisle and Market Rasen are off but all weather racing at Lingfield and Wolverhampton is on. Get your free horseracing tips for Monday.
Carlisle is Off
Monday afternoon’s National Hunt meeting at Carlisle has become the latest casualty of the current cold spell. Officials at the Cumbrian venue called an inspection for 8am but after another night of sub-zero temperatures the decision was made early. Clerk of the course Andrew Tulloch said:
“We got down to -4C which was a good deal colder than what we were forecast. It was still frozen in places yesterday and while it was coming out slowly, those sort of temperatures brought us right back to square one. We had additional fleeces down but the parts that weren’t covered would take a great deal of work to get us raceable and we don’t have the time.”
Wolverhampton is On
Monday afternoon’s all-weather meeting at Wolverhampton will go ahead after an 8am precautionary inspection was brought forward. Officials had been worried about the prospect of of overnight snow in the Dunstall Park area but that nothing arrived.
“The snow that we were forecast failed to materialise,” said clerk of the course Fergus Cameron. It did drop to -4C overnight but the temperatures are already on the rise and it is due to get to +4C. It’s all systems go, some good news for a change.”
Market Rasen also Off
Monday’s National Hunt fixture at Market Rasen has been abandoned due to frost and snow. Although a slight thaw late on Sunday morning offered a degree of optimism, the situation was considered untenable following a mid-afternoon inspection. Clerk of the course Sulekha Varma reported: “It stopped snowing at around 11.30am and it began to start thawing.
“We thought we might get away with it, but the course is still frozen so we’ve had to abandon.”
There are no problems at Lingfield.
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