Doncaster and Newbury lost to snow This afternoon's meeting at Doncaster has been abandoned due to snow. The fixture was due to feature the first major event of the Flat season, the William Hill Lincoln, but clerk of the course Roderick Duncan called off the card following a 6am inspection. He said: "We have had about two to three inches of snow overnight and it's still falling now. "Daytime temperatures are forecast to stay at or below freezing and further snow is forecast today." The meeting will now switch to next Saturday (March 30) after contingency plans to transfer the meeting were agreed on Thursday. This afternoon's meeting at Newbury has also been abandoned due to snow. Clerk of the course Richard Osgood found the track fit to race on first inspection this morning, but called a further check for 10am as snow was starting to fall. He now reports the snow to be falling heavily and the course is unraceable. Osgood said: "We have had to call it off. We've taken a lot more snow than we expected and it's still coming down now. "All we can see right now is snow and the course is unraceable."
