A CHELTENHAM Festival race has been abandoned with parts of the track ‘unraceable’ after a deluge of rain.
Today’s big Cross Country Chase has been scrapped altogether following a track inspection.
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The hope was to run the race on Friday if conditions had not improved by this morning.
But The Jockey Club have made the decision to scrap the race altogether, with the weather unlikely to improve.
A statement read: “Following 11mm of rainfall throughout yesterday, there has been no improvement in the conditions on the Cross-Country course and with areas of the track unraceable, the Glenfarclas Cross-Country Chase has sadly been abandoned.
“The forecast for the remainder of the week continues to look unsettled, with further showers likely on both Thursday and Friday.
“There will therefore be insufficient improvement to the Cross-Country course by Friday 15th March, and the decision has been taken not to reschedule the Glenfarclas Cross-Country Chase at The Festival.
“As a result of the abandonment of the 5th race today, the revised race times for Wednesday 13th March are as follows:
“Race 1: 1345, Race 2: 1430, Race 3: 1515, Race 4: 1600, Race 5: NA, Race 6: 1650, Race 7: 1730.
“The Going on the Old & New course is Soft, Heavy in Places.”
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