Storm Babet disruptions continue with waterlogging at Doncaster in advance of Saturday's Futurity Trophy

Doncaster clerk Paul Barker is hopeful the worst of the weather will soon pass after the course was waterlogged in places before Saturday's Group 1 Kameko Futurity Trophy Stakes.

Conditions are currently heavy in the lead up to the two-day meeting, which begins on Friday with a seven-race card, but there are areas of standing water as the track continues to be beset by rain as a result of Storm Babet.

"We just had seven millimetres of rain this morning and there's still light rain falling now," Barker said on Tuesday afternoon. "It's heavy going and there is some standing water in the waterlogged places, which is beside the round mile chute – that's where it's most affected.

"Hopefully the rain should start to ease as we go through the day, the heavier stuff should have gone through by now and we'll have a drier evening and see where we are in the morning."

Barker is optimistic the weather will improve on Wednesday with a dry forecast, but more showers are expected on Thursday and Friday.

He said: "The next band of rain will be on Thursday morning. We might have the odd shower during racing on Friday, but not a great deal. The feeling is once we get through the rest of today, then the worst of the rain is passed because Thursday's rain shouldn't be anywhere as much as that."

Tuesday's rainfall has also forced Yarmouth to call off its afternoon meeting due to false ground and standing water, with the track failing to pass a morning inspection.

"We've had significant rainfall overnight and it's just taken us over the top," clerk Richard Aldous said on Tuesday morning.

"We've got standing water and are waterlogged in places, and we're due another band of rain later this morning, so it was a clearcut decision."

The Curragh has also fallen victim to the severe conditions, with its meeting on Wednesday – which featured the Amateur Riders Derby – also scrapped following 21 millimetres of rain overnight.

It joins the list of courses affected by the recent storm, with Monday's fixtures at Pontefract and Southwell also cancelled due to waterlogging.

Meetings at Stratford and Market Rasen did not take place on Saturday, while a scheduled card at Worcester on Wednesday has been called off due to flooding alongside four upcoming fixtures at Southwell.

Even more inspections are scheduled to take place in the days ahead, with Fontwell's card on Wednesday also subject to a 7.30am inspection alongside Clonmel on Thursday.

Racing on Tuesday afternoon will take place at Exeter and Hereford and the sole Flat card comes at Wolverhampton, a meeting which was introduced by the BHA on Friday in response to the recent spate of cancelled fixtures.

The Curragh will aim to reschedule its cancelled fixture, with its next official meeting due to be the course's final Flat fixture of the year on November 5.

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