Sunday’s meeting at Chepstow has been abandoned due to a frozen track, with Tuesday’s Musselburgh fixture already called off for the same reason.
Chepstow had called a noon inspection ahead of a planned seven-race card but after temperatures dipped below freezing overnight, the track is not fit for action and clerk of the course Dai Jones does not expect conditions to improve.
He said: “The track is frozen in places and we are forecast -3C or -4C overnight, with longer periods at that kind of temperature and quite a slow morning tomorrow.
“We went down to -2.8C last night and it’s going to be colder tonight and tomorrow.
“We aren’t expected to get up above freezing until 10.30 or 11am so just with that shorter window, it’s not going to improve really.”
Musselburgh also inspected at noon for their scheduled Tuesday fixture, with the track found to be frozen with no prospect of sufficient improvement in the next few days.
Saturday’s card at Wincanton was abandoned following a third inspection at 11.30am, but both Sandown and Cork passed their morning checks and racing went ahead as planned.
Wincanton’s first race was scheduled for 12.27pm and a statement from the track, posted on X, said: “The temperatures have not risen as quickly as forecast and as a result track conditions have not improved as we had hoped.
“We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the late decision however we wanted to give the fixture every chance of taking place.
“We are all disappointed by this outcome, but the safety of our participants will always take priority.”
Monday’s Ludlow fixture is subject to a 10am inspection on Sunday, with officials hoping for an improvement in temperatures to allow the meeting to go ahead.