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WOLVERHAMPTON RACING HALTED

Wolverhampton will not be able to stage any further racing until further notice after a confirmed case of foot and mouth disease nearby placed the racecourse within a designated exclusion zone.

One of three all-weather tracks, the course was due to race next on April 10th but that meeting will now be switched to sister track Southwell.

Clerk of the course Fergus Cameron said: 'I understand that the course is 5.3km from the case but I don`t know exactly where it is.

'But that puts us in an exclusion zone and obviously under the guidelines we cannot race until that is lifted.'

The British Horseracing Board has also revealed two new all-weather fixtures next week at Lingfield on Tuesday and Southwell on Wednesday.