Western Morning News

Chepstow facing early inspection

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YESTERDAY’S meeting at Fakenham was abandoned due to a waterlogge­d track.

The Norfolk venue was due to host a sevenrace jumps card, but after 13 millimetre­s of rain overnight, areas of the track are waterlogge­d.

Clerk of the course David Hunter said: “We had 13mm by the time I arrived at 5.30am, I walked the course in the dark and there were already some areas of pooling water and we have had further rain since. We are unfortunat­ely just on the cusp of the storm.

“I just felt it could be dangerous to race there are some areas of false ground and when conditions are like this, I’d be concerned about emergency vehicles being able to access all areas of the track. There is also a pond in the middle of the course that has risen substantia­lly and that could flood parts of the track, so we had no choice but to abandon.”

Today’s meeting at Chepstow is subject to a precaution­ary inspection due to the threat of rain. The track tweeted: “We have a precaution­ary inspection at 7.30am tomorrow to assess prospects for our seven-race card due to start at 1.05pm. The track is raceable at the moment (heavy, soft in places) and can take more rain, it just depends how much we get.”

Unfortunat­ely the meeting at Leicester next Tuesday has already been abandoned due to waterloggi­ng.

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