Uttoxeter and Warwick meetings abandoned due to waterlogged tracks
A view of Warwick racecourse
Sunday's National Hunt meetings at Warwick and Uttoxeter have both been abandoned due to waterlogged tracks, but racing at Punchestown is set to go ahead.
Bad weather had been forecasted and early-morning inspections confirmed the worst fears for the two courses as a decision was made to abandon the two meetings.
Uttoxeter was faced with a further 10.5mm of rain overnight, which made the track unraceable.
Meanwhile, Warwick was hit with a deluge of 20mm of rainfall overnight, which made it 54mm since last Monday and left the course waterlogged.
However, Punchestown managed to avoid any significant downpours and are set to race on heavy ground.
“Following just 1.5mm of rain overnight, Punchestown is fit for racing and today’s meeting goes ahead,” said clerk of the course Brendan Sheridan.
“The ground remains heavy and having spoken to Met Eireann this morning there is further rain expected later.
“At this stage, Met Eireann are saying we could get 4-5mm but there is a possibility that the showers could get heavier at times and lead to more rain than that. It is a bit unpredictable.
“However, the good news is that the track is raceable and the fixture goes ahead.”
There will be Flat racing in the UK, with Lingfield staging an all-weather fixture.
