Ffos Las's six-race Friday card cancelled due to waterlogging
Friday's meeting at Ffos Las has been called off after the track failed to pass an inspection on Thursday afternoon due to waterlogging.
Clerk of the course Tracey O'Meara called an inspection for 2pm in light of heavy overnight rain but with no signs of the forecast improving throughout the day she was forced to cancel the fixture ahead of the planned inspection.
Conditions at Ffos Las were deemed heavy on Thursday morning and ground staff were facing another ten to 15 millimetres of rain this evening ahead of the scheduled six-race jumps card.
O'Meara said: "Sections of the track are currently unraceable after about 14 millimetres of rain last night and there's a yellow weather warning in place for tonight.
"The Met Office have forecast up to 15 millimetres falling within a three-hour period, and if we're very unlucky it could go up to 30 millimetres of rain. If the forecast is like that, unfortunately there's not much you can do."
Racing at Clonmel on Thursday was also called off following a morning inspection after significant rainfall made the track unfit for racing.
The course was due to host a seven-race jumps card but faced 15 millimetres of rain since declarations on Tuesday, at which stage conditions were already deemed heavy.
Clerk of the course Lorcan Wyer called for an inspection at 7.30am on Thursday and the track was soon declared unraceable due to the large volume of rain since the venue's last meeting on February 15.
"Following a further five millimetres of rain overnight, unfortunately the track is now unfit for racing and the fixture scheduled for today has been cancelled," Wyer said.
"The extra rain overnight has brought us to 15 millimetres since declarations on heavy ground and that is now 43 millimetres of rain since our previous meeting a fortnight ago."
The cancellation means there is no racing in Ireland on Thursday, with jumps meetings taking place at Wetherby, Taunton and Ludlow this afternoon alongside an evening all-weather card at Chelmsford.
The next jumps meeting in Ireland is on Saturday at Navan, where the going is presently heavy with scattered showers expected ahead of the Grade 2 Webster Cup. Clonmel's next fixture is scheduled for March 28.
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Published on 29 February 2024inBritain
Last updated 14:27, 29 February 2024
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