Leopardstown, Limerick, Newton Abbot and Catterick all pass Saturday morning inspections

All four of Saturday's meetings in Britain and Ireland which faced early inspections after feeling the effects of Storm Babet have been passed.

Officials at Catterick, Newton Abbot, Limerick and Leopardstown all checked conditions early on Saturday morning due to the threat of waterlogging, but each track is raceable.

At Catterick, where there has been 32mm of rain in the past 24 hours, the going is heavy and it will be the same at Newton Abbot after 29mm of rain fell on Wednesday and Thursday before a dry day on Friday.

Saturday's card at Stratford was cancelled on Friday due to the track being waterlogged in places following 31mm of rainfall overnight, while Market Rasen's meeting was also lost following over 50mm of rain in the last 24 hours, leaving significant areas of standing water on the track.

The going at Leopardstown, which holds an eight-race Flat card, and at Limerick is also heavy.

Lorcan Wyer, clerk of the course, said: "Leopardstown has passed the inspection and racing goes ahead. The track had 30mm of rain since Friday morning and the ground is heavy.

"The forecast for today is to remain mainly dry with some brighter spells developing and tomorrow also looks dry with some decent sunny spells. Today's rail is set ten yards out from the innermost Flat line and tomorrow we have fresh ground with the running rail set four yards out from the innermost Flat line."

An inspection will take place at Pontefract at 9am on Sunday before the course's meeting on Monday. The track is currently unraceable.

Fixtures at Southwell on Monday and Worcester on Wednesday have already been cancelled with both tracks flooded.

In light of the ongoing disruption, an additional all-weather fixture at Wolverhampton has been added on Monday.

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