Newcastle and Bangor Friday Off Friday's meetings at Newcastle and Bangor have both been abandoned due to waterlogged tracks. Newcastle Clerk of the course James Armstrong inspected the Tyneside venue on Thursday morning but following further overnight rain, he was forced to call off the meeting. He said: "We had eight millimetres of rain overnight and there's been a heavy drizzle all this morning. We are due another 4-7mm tonight and another 3-4mm tomorrow. The track is waterlogged, it is the same areas as last time we abandoned that are effected and we can't avoid them." The meeting at Bangor, also due to be staged on Friday, is another to have fallen victim to the recent wet spell. Clerk of the course Andrew Morris had planned to inspect conditions at 8.30am, but he made a slightly earlier call following further rain overnight. He said: "We had 20 millimetres of rain in the last 24 hours and it was a simple decision to abandon. "We were just fit to race yesterday morning but the further rain means we aren't fit now and there is more forecast."
