Ffos Las feature moved to October in bid to avoid bad weather

This season's Welsh Champion Hurdle at Ffos Las will be run in a new slot on Saturday, October 15 as officials seek to ensure better weather for the feature contest.

The race, traditionally run in late January or early February since it was resurrected in the late 2000s following the opening of Ffos Las, was lost to waterlogging earlier this year, having also been abandoned in 2010 and 2012.

When it was last staged in January 2015, it was the Paul Nicholls-trained Silsol who claimed the prize and Ffos Las sales director Sarah Jones believes the £70,000 race can attract even stronger fields earlier in the campaign.