Monday's meeting at Cartmel cancelled after Curragh and Redcar lost on Sunday

Cartmel's meeting on Monday has been cancelled due to a waterlogged track after cards at the Curragh and Redcar were lost on Sunday.

The track was forced to call off the meeting after an inspection at midday on Sunday. The conditions were testing during Cartmel's meeting on Saturday and more rain overnight and and on Sunday morning made things worse.

"From after racing yesterday through to now we've had another 15mm of rain," said clerk of the course James Armstrong on Sunday afternoon. 

"The ground was opened up on Saturday and we have areas of standing water, so we're struggling just to get the track back safely. There's more rain forecast, and even if it had remained dry from now we'd struggle to get the track back for tomorrow."

Curragh fixture rearranged 

Sunday's meeting at the Curragh, which was cancelled due to waterlogging, will now be held on Sunday, August 13.

However, the Group 2 Minstrel Stakes will be transferred to Leopardstown this Thursday to form an eight race-card. The race reverts to entries after the final forfeit stage with fresh declarations to be made by 10am on Tuesday.

The Group 3 fillies' race, meanwhile, has been transferred to Gowran on Saturday. It will close for fresh entries, along with the remainder of the Gowran meeting, by noon on Tuesday.

The Listed Hurry Harriet Stakes, which was due to be held at Gowran on August 16, will move to the rescheduled Curragh meeting on August 13 and will close for entries on August 8, as well as the remainder of the Curragh card.

Redcar hit with 'torrential rain' 

Racing was also cancelled at Redcar on Sunday after conditions quickly turned testing due to heavy showers in the morning. 

An inspection was called at the Yorkshire track after the going turned to soft, heavy in places following a major change in the forecast, with the meeting called off at 8am by acting clerk of the course Steve Gofton. 

He said on Sunday : "The forecasts right up until yesterday were showing 10-15mm for the weekend and we had hardly any rain, but when we looked at the forecasts this morning it had all changed. 

"We're now expecting a total of 45-50mm, and by 6am we'd already had 15mm. We had an inspection at 8am and there was already standing water between the third and fourth furlong, right on the racing line. 

"It's torrential rain as we speak, so rather than messing people around we knocked it on the head, as we knew there'd be more rain to come."

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