Waterlogged Chepstow forced to abandon, Worcester off too

Chepstow and Worcester have become the latest victims of this week’s heavy rainfall, with their respective Friday and Saturday cards abandoned.

Worcester’s evening National Hunt meeting was the first to be cancelled after an early-morning inspection on Friday, with Chepstow’s afternoon Flat card swiftly following.

Worcester reported 72mm of rainfall in the past five days, while at Chepstow the figure was 32mm in the past 24 hours – with a further 16mm forecast before what had been the scheduled start of racing.