Fairyhouse meet rescheduled due to frozen track

Thursday's card at Fairyhouse has been rescheduled for next week due to freezing temperatures.

A Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning is in effect until 12pm tomorrow, with temperatures set to drop to around -5 Celsius overnight.

With the track currently frozen, the decision has been made to cancel tomorrow’s racing and move it to next week.

"Unfortunately the track at Fairyhouse remains unfit for racing following our inspection today," IHRB clerk Brendan Sheridan said.

"We called the inspection for later this morning to see if there would be sufficient thaw in the ground closer to what would be race time on Thursday, but temperatures are still below zero at the moment and the track is still frozen.

"Temperatures are not due to rise sufficiently prior to racing tomorrow so the fixture scheduled for Thursday has been cancelled.

"Having consulted with Horse Racing Ireland, we can confirm that the fixture will take place next Wednesday (24 January) with fresh entries closing tomorrow (Thursday)".

Racing in the UK has also been affected by the cold blast. The first day of Lingfield's Winter Million Festival has been cancelled due to a frozen track, while there will be no National Hunt action in Britain on Thursday with Ludlow abandoned due to a frozen track following an inspection on Wednesday morning.

The other scheduled meetings at Wincanton and Newcastle were cancelled earlier in the week.