Lingfield and Kelso off, Kempton to inspect today

Today’s all-weather meeting at Lingfield has been abandoned following a second inspection, while tomorrow’s card at Kempton is subject to an 11.30am review this morning and Kelso’s Sunday fixture has already been called off due to a frozen track.

Lingfield’s Polytrack surface was described as too lumpy and it was deemed there was insufficient time and temperatures to see enough improvement.

Overnight temperatures at Kempton dropped to minus 6.5C and were still as low as minus 6C at 7am this morning, leaving the track frozen in places.

Today’s temperatures are forecast to reach 2C before again dropping below zero overnight to minus 4C.

Tomorrow’s meetings at Warwick and Wetherby had already been called off.

After an early-morning inspection today, Kelso clerk of the course James Armstrong posted on X: “Sadly we have no option but to abandon racing on Sunday.

“We have now had two successive nights of hard frost and more to come. The track is frozen. Positive temperatures not likely until late morning on Sunday, which is clearly not enough time for a thaw!”

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