Another blank day for British jumping

British racing will have another day without jump racing tomorrow after the three remaining cards scheduled for Saturday fell victim to the cold weather today.

Haydock had already called off their meeting on Thursday.

And a sharp frost last night put paid to any hope of the valuable Sandown card getting the green light.

Clerk of the course Andrew Cooper explained: 'We had a much sharper frost than was anticipated last night. It got down to -4C and it is still around that now. There is no chance of it improving enough for racing to take place.

'It was an easy decision in the end I`m afraid.'

Musselburgh`s meeting was abandoned after an inspection this morning.

Clerk of the course Bill Farnsworth was faced with a straightforward decision after walking the course.

He said: 'It`s still frozen. It`s forecast to only get to +3C or +4C today so it`s not going to move very quickly.

'It will start to thaw but it`s impossible to see it happening quickly enough.'

Stewards inspected the course at Uttoxeter this morning and were left little option, as clerk of the course John Pullin explained.

He said: 'Temperatures got down to -7C last night which was our sixth consecutive night of frost.

'We`ve spoken to the Met Office this morning and there is a thaw coming but it`s not going to be while after dawn tomorrow.'

There are two all-weather meetings tomorrow at Lingfield and Southwell.