BHB ANNOUNCE REPLACEMENT FIXTURES Six replacement fixtures have been announced today by the British Horseracing Board in response to the spate of abandonments this jumps season.A further 12 fixtures are also set to be scheduled for the period between early February and early April, details of which will be announced in due course.The first six meetings are due to take place at Chepstow (January 16), Stratford (January 20), Musselburgh (January 22), Catterick (January 25), Fakenham (January 27th) and Warwick (February 3rd).Details of the programmes for the first three replacement fixtures will be published in this week`s Racing Calendar, with the closing date for the Chepstow fixture delayed one day to give trainers time to make their plans.A BHB statement said: 'The BHB is very grateful to the Levy Board for making the necessary finance available to stage these replacement fixtures and to the racecourses concerned for staging them at such short notice.'
