UK racing

Doncaster OFF

I remember when we used to ha 4-6 week shutdowns in UK due to ice frost and snow.
BBC TV with David Coleman and Peter O'sullevan used to do simulated pools forecast and races with specially selected panels locked in to hotel rooms.
Things have definitely moved on since then

Farawaysaint wrote:

I remember when we used to ha 4-6 week shutdowns in UK due to ice frost and snow.
BBC TV with David Coleman and Peter O'sullevan used to do simulated pools forecast and races with specially selected panels locked in to hotel rooms.
Things have definitely moved on since then

HEREFORD OFF

Not sure if there will be racing today?

Newcastle on the flat
Southwell over the jumps
Cork where Energumene might run

Newcastle OFF

Newcastle's all-weather fixture on Sunday has been called off due to frozen ground but racing at Cork will take place following an inspection.

Cork's jumps meeting includes the Grade 2 Hilly Way Chase (2.20), in which Champion Chase hero Energumene is set to make his racecourse return.

Clerk of the course Val O'Connell said on Sunday morning: "Following a precautionary inspection at Cork this morning I'm happy to say that the track is fit for racing and the meeting will go ahead. The ground is yielding to soft."

Meanwhile, Newcastle's news comes after Saturday's racing was controversially abandoned around half an hour before the first race. Clerk of the course Eloise Quayle deemed conditions raceable but racing professionals described the surface as "unsafe" and "frozen".

An inspection is due at Southwell, the only remaining fixture in Britain, at 9.30am, following the cancellation of Carlisle's meeting due to frost

If you are desperate for a wee exotic

Take the Jackpot at Southwell

3,14
4
1,3,5
Field

R30

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Good pipe opener from Energemene.
May have jumped betterbefore but the cruising speed is a killer.

Market Rasen and Plumpton OFF

Just waiting for Lingfield and Wolves

It sounds like Honeysuckle will avoid Constitution Hill and go for the Mares hurdle as the easier option.

Only option for a wee punt today might be Wolves this evening.

I have taken a jackpot

4,8
2
Field
Field

R240

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A bleak week from Racing Post


LATEST WEATHER PROSPECTS

The cold temperatures hitting Britain and Ireland this week are having a major impact on racing.

There will be no jump racing in Britain on Tuesday or Wednesday after multiple meetings were called off.

Here is our quick guide to each meeting over the next five days and what temperatures are expected.

Tuesday
Catterick - CANCELLED (FROZEN GROUND)

Southwell (AW) - INSPECTION 7.30AM
Weather: -2C overnight, 0C during racing
Going: Standard

Wincanton - CANCELLED (FROZEN GROUND)

Wolverhampton (AW)
Weather: -2C overnight Monday, 0C during racing
Going: Standard

Wednesday
Kempton (AW)
Weather: 0C overnight, 1C during racing
Going: Standard to slow

Lingfield (AW)
Weather: -1C overnight, 2C during racing
Going: Standard

Newbury - CANCELLED (FROZEN GROUND)

Dundalk (AW)
Weather: -1C overnight, 1C during racing
Going: Standard

Thursday
Chelmsford (AW)
Weather: -2C overnight, 0C during racing
Going: Standard

Exeter - INSPECTION MIDDAY ON TUESDAY
Weather: -3C overnight, 2C during racing
Going: Chase: Good, good to soft in places; Hurdle: Good to soft, good in places

Ffos Las
Weather: -1C overnight, 4C during racing
Going: Good, good to soft in places

Naas
Weather: -3C overnight, 2C during racing
Going: Yielding to soft

Southwell (AW)
Weather: -3C overnight, 3C during racing
Going: Standard

Friday
Uttoxeter
Weather: -3C overnight, 2C during racing
Going: Good to soft, soft in places

Ascot
Weather: -3C overnight, 1C during racing
Going: Good, good to firm in places, frozen in places

Southwell (AW)
Weather: -3C overnight, 2C during racing
Going: Standard

Dundalk (AW)
Weather: -2C overnight, 1C during racing
Going: Standard

Kempton (AW)
Weather: -2C overnight, 0C during racing
Going: Standard to slow

Saturday
Newcastle
Weather: 1C overnight, 4C during racing
Going: Frozen

Lingfield (AW)
Weather: -2C overnight, 5C during racing
Going: Standard

Ascot
Weather: -2C overnight, 5C during racing
Going: Good, good to firm in places, frozen in places

Haydock
Weather: 0C overnight, 4C during racing
Going: Frozen

Fairyhouse
Weather: 0C overnight, 4C during racing
Going: details tbc

Sunday
Fakenham
Weather: 1C overnight, 5C during racing
Going: Good, good to soft in places, frozen in places

Wolverhampton (AW)
Weather: 1C overnight, 5C during racing
Going: Standard

Navan
Weather: 2C overnight, 9C during racing
Going: details tbc

Thurles
Weather: 2C overnight, 9C during racing
Going: details tbc


Punchestown confirms swift rearrangement of John Durkan card

Have a nice double for today

LADY OF ARABIA Kempton 18.00
KING OF SCOTIA Dundalk 17.15

Good Punting 👍