HORSE RACING: Cold snap claims Huntingdon Racecourse fixture
Published:
9:54 AM January 27, 2017
Updated:
4:30 PM November 1, 2020
The scene at Huntingdon Racecourse early this morning. Picture: HUNTINGDON RACECOURSE - Credit: Archant
A frozen track has forced the abandonment of today’s fixture at Huntingdon Racecourse.
The efforts of groundstaff, who covered take-off and landing areas, and other vulnerable parts of the track, proved to be in vain as temperatures dipped to -6C overnight.
Huntingdon had been set to stage an eight-race card, featuring the Grade 2 OLBG.com Mares Hurdle, which had also been lost to a frozen track at Ascot last Saturday.
The next meeting at Huntingdon is on Thursday, February 9.
