Wednesday’s racing at Downpatrick abandoned

Card scrapped after County Down course is hit by snow and rain overnight

Wednesday’s racing at Downpatrick has been abandoned. Photograph: Inpho
Wednesday’s racing at Downpatrick has been abandoned. Photograph: Inpho

The meeting scheduled for Downpatrick on Wednesday has been cancelled after snow and rain hit the County Down course.

An early-morning inspection was called due to an adverse weather forecast, and following 10 millimetres of snow and rain overnight the track was found to be unfit for racing.

Racing is due to take place in Ireland on Thursday at Clonmel.

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