Racing at Naas on Sunday proceeded as scheduled despite initial forecasts of snow. However, the BetGoodwin Sussex National meeting at Plumpton was abandoned due to waterlogging after heavy rainfall. Meanwhile, other race meetings across Ireland and the UK faced disruptions due to freezing temperatures and snow.
Patrick Mullins on Fun Fun Fun wins The Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Steeplechase at Naas. Sunday’s racing at Naas will go ahead as planned after snow forecast overnight failed to materialise. The track was inspected at 7.30am on Sunday morning and deemed suitable for racing with the Grade One Lawlor’s Of Naas Novice Hurdle serving as the feature event of the day’s seven-race card.
Brendan Sheridan, clerk of the course for the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, said: “We had no snow overnight, we’ve had 11 millimetres of rain and the ground is now soft, soft to heavy in places.” Meanwhile, Plumpton’s BetGoodwin Sussex National meeting was abandoned due to worsening conditions. Officials announced a precautionary inspection for 8.30am ahead of one of the track’s most high-profile fixtures of the season due to the forecast of heavy rain overnight. While 25mm of rain fell, racing was initially given the green light. However, less than two hours later, the meeting was called off due to waterlogging.‘He can get into a horse’s head’: The rise, scandal and reinvention of Gordon Elliott Racegoers were left without any jumps or afternoon action on Saturday after freezing temperatures claimed the meetings at Sandown and Wincanton. Newcastle’s jumps card had already been abandoned on Friday, while a frozen track in Cork meant no racing took place there. Interruptions to the racing programme appear almost certain in the coming days, with more snow and freezing temperatures forecast across Ireland and the UK. On Monday, the jumps meeting at Ayr is subject to a precautionary inspection at 7am due to the threat of snow and temperatures as low as -2 degrees, while officials at Ludlow will also inspect at 7am ahead of their fixture, with two inches of snow laying on the track on Sunday mornin
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