Curragh cancelled, Clonmel set to inspect

Wednesday's meeting at the Curragh has been called off due to waterlogging, while Clonmel's card on Thursday faces an inspection if it is to get the go ahead.

Officials at the Curragh were forced to cancel following 21mm of rain last night, with the course currently unfit for racing and facing an unfavourable weather forecast.

Clerk of the course Brendan Sheridan said: "The forecast is for a further 5mm of rain today with the possibility of more rain moving in tomorrow, so there was no prospect of the situation improving here prior to racing.

"We’ve had a total of 77mm in the last week and the ground has been heavy since entries closed last Thursday."

At Clonmel, the ground is heavy but currently fit for action ahead of racing on Thursday.

However, clerk of the course Lorcan Wyer reported: "Having spoken with Met Éireann, there is the possibility of a further 5-10mm of rain and some spot flooding tomorrow afternoon which will be on top of the 54mm of rain the track has had in the last week.

"With that additional rain forecast for tomorrow, we felt it was prudent to let people know as early as possible that we will need to have a precautionary inspection at 7.30am on Thursday morning."

In Britain, this afternoon's meeting at Yarmouth has been called off, while there is an inspections planned at Fontwell ahead of tomorrow’s fixture.

Yarmouth were forced to abandon their seven-race Flat card after an early-morning inspection, as "considerable rainfall overnight" left the track waterlogged.