Jump racing policy should err on side of too much watering than too little

Topweight in the Thankless Task Handicap right now might be the clerks of the course struggling to supply appropriate going as the climate challenge throws up enough unpredictability to make tipping big-odds winners look easy.

Just how volatile ground conditions can be in the new weather reality was underlined on Wednesday when Wexford raced on watered ground. It was a postponed fixture from the October bank holiday Monday, just nine days earlier, that was cancelled due to waterlogging.