Horse Racing: Lingfield’s Saturday card abandoned
The officials of the Lingfield racecourse were forced to abandon its Saturday card because of the heavy rainfall and extremely freezing conditions of the country. The course was supposed to host four races today and it was declared
as raceable after the 6.30 a.m. inspection that was carried out by the representatives of the course. After the Met Office forecasted snow in the area, another inspection was launched. The conclusion of this inspection was the abandonment of the meeting.
The clerk of the course Neil Mackenzie Ross felt defeated after snow started falling in the area. Talking to the correspondents, he was reported as saying,
“Everything was fine this morning and we had to preserve given the track was raceable.”
He went on to say, “The snow has unfortunately arrived. It started at 9 a.m. and has fallen quickly. We now have a total covering of snow and it is forming as quickly as we can clear it.”
The clerk also added that it was in the interest of the racecourse and the management that the meeting was called off, as it was important for them to warn the people regarding the extreme weather conditions forecasted for the
area.
Meanwhile, the officials of the Taunton racecourse were also forced to call off their meeting that was planned to take place on Monday after heavy snowfall on Friday night. The track was reported to be covered in snow up to 4 inches,
according to the results of the midday inspection carried out by the officials of the racecourse on Saturday. The course has inevitably been declared as being unraceable after the Met Office forecasted the temperatures to go as low as -9C.
On the other hand, the Sedgefield meeting that has been scheduled to take place on Tuesday is now subject to an inspection that will be carried out by the officials of the course at 8 a.m. on Monday to discuss the prospects of
the event under the current weather conditions.
Track officials are feeling under threat since the overnight temperatures of the area went down to around -5C. Nonetheless, the day temperature was recorded to be -2C.
When the clerk of the course, Charlie Moore was approached by the correspondents about the present situation of the course and the prospects of Tuesday’s event, he told the head grounds man said, “a little miracle is needed.” He
added that the decision could be made tomorrow, but it would be better to wait for some improvements until Monday.
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