Towcester card abandoned due to frozen racecourse
Frozen ground at Towcester forced the officials to abandon Thursday’s race card. The track was certainly not fit for the competition and therefore, the venue management was left with no option but to go for cancellation.
While the Towcester card has been called off, as the Wincanton track is under scrutiny at the moment. The racecourse was declared well enough for the contests, when examined on Wednesday morning.
However, since the conditions were likely to get worse overnight, the management opted to make another inspection on Thursday 9am (local time).
The officials are expecting the track to stay fit, however, the final decision will be made after an intensive inspection early in the morning.
If Wincanton fails to host races on Thursday, it will be terrible news for the horse racing followers, as Towcester’s card has already been called off.
The clerk of the Towcester racecourse, Robert Bellamy said on Wednesday: "We were raceable yesterday but we had a bad night. We are frozen all over and I've looked at seven or eight different forecasts and there is absolutely no prospect of improvement.”
"We are forecast -3C tonight, with a wind-chill of -9C and we aren't due to get above freezing tomorrow, with -1C forecast and a wind-chill of -4C. We took the early decision to save everyone the time and effort of making entries for a meeting that
then won't go ahead," he added.
Towcester was due to host seven high profile races on Thursday. The day was scheduled to be kicked off with the Mares' Maiden Hurdle at 13:35 (local time).
The card also included Beginners' Chase, Racing Forum At gg.com Handicap Hurdle, Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase, Alerts 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle, Tipzone Handicap Chase, and Intermediate Open NH Flat Race.
While Towcester card has been abandoned due to poor conditions, other cities are likely to host races as planned.
Clonmel and Southwell are set to host seven mega races each on Thursday. Wolverhampton is also due to stage seven races, but Wincanton is still on hold.
The venue is programmed to host six races, however, the track will have to go through an inspection before the meetings.
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