UK Turf action frozen out today Both of this afternoon's National Hunt meetings at Carlisle and Market Rasen have become the latest casualties of the current cold spell. Officials at Carlisle called an inspection for 8am but after another night of sub-zero temperatures the decision was made early. Clerk of the course Andrew Tulloch said: "We got down to -4C which was a good deal colder than what we were forecast." "It was still frozen in places yesterday and while it was coming out slowly, those sort of temperatures brought us right back to square one. We had additional fleeces down but the parts that weren't covered would take a great deal of work to get us raceable and we don't have the time." Today's scheduled meeting at Market Rasen has also been abandoned due to frost and snow. Although a slight thaw late on Sunday morning offered a degree of optimism, the situation was considered untenable following a mid-afternoon inspection. Clerk of the course Sulekha Varma reported: "It stopped snowing at around 11.30am and it began to start thawing. "We thought we might get away with it, but the course is still frozen so we've had to abandon."
