Leicester and Hexham to stage morning inspections due to heavy rain

Inspections will be held at 8am at Leicester and Hexham ahead of racing on Wednesday, following heavy rain at the tracks on Tuesday.

Leicester is set to host a six-race jumps meeting on Wednesday and officials are hopeful they will avoid having to cancel their fifth fixture since October.

The ground was heavy, soft in places on the hurdles course and good to soft, soft in places on the chase on Tuesday.

"The track is perfectly raceable at the moment but there's a bit of a stinking forecast," said clerk of the course Jimmy Stevenson on Tuesday.

"We're expecting gale force wins and between 10 and 15mm of rain, so we'll have a look tomorrow morning. Hopefully the wind will help to blow the rain through and it doesn't impact us too much."

The track lost four meetings in a row between October 15 and December 1, including its first two jumps fixtures of the season, but was able to stage its meeting last Thursday.

Meanwhile the going at Hexham is currently heavy, soft in places with the course is forecast a dry but windy night. They are scheduled to host a seven-race card starting at 12.20.

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