Weather watch: Kelso off and Doncaster in jeopardy
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Weather watch: Kelso off and Doncaster in jeopardy

By Racing TV
Last Updated: Tue 5 Dec 2023
Kelso's card on Friday has been called off due to "frozen ground".
Another hard frost and snow is forecast on raceday at the Scottish venue, while Doncaster is also on weather watch ahead of its meeting on the same afternoon.
Clerk of the course Roderick Duncan and his team will stage a 7am precautionary inspection "due to possible frost, snow and changing forecasts".
Today's big meeting at Leopardstown passed a precautionary inspection and is going ahead as planned.
Clerk of the course Lorcan Wyer had been concerned about the possibility of frost and fog, but the track was found to be fit for purpose at 7.30am.
A statement issued by the Turf Club read: "The ground is currently soft, yielding in places on the hurdle track and yielding, soft in places on the steeplechase course."
The news was also positive at Limerick, which survived an early-morning precautionary inspection.
Leicester was not so fortunate, though, with their card abandoned due to snow and ice.
Clerk of the course Jimmy Stevenson accepted on Wednesday that it would be a "tough battle" to get the meeting on after nearly two inches of snow fell on the track.
The situation was not helped by overnight temperatures dropping to as low as minus 3C.
And with the position untenable, Stevenson announced Leicester's abandonment well in advance of an intended 8am inspection.
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