UK jumps action falls foul of cold snap

Monday's British racing action will be confined to the all-weather as frozen tracks forced the cancellation of Market Rasen and Plumpton's jumps cards.

Officials at Market Rasen were due to inspect at noon on Sunday but made a slightly earlier decision after another cold night and little chance of any improvement in conditions.

It was the same story at Plumpton, where temperatures dipped to minus 7C.

Lingfield and Wolverhampton are both due to race today and while no problems have been reported at the first-named venue, Wolverhampton will have to pass a precautionary inspection at 10am.

Catterick could be the sole jumps meeting on Tuesday, with the track reported to be "90 per cent" raceable and the meeting dependent on an 8am inspection.

Today's Irish meeting on the all-weather at Dundalk will go ahead as planned, with the first of a seven-race card off at 2.45pm.