Sedgefield waits on mid-morning inspection
Temperatures are forecast to rise at the County Durham track.
Sedgefield’s meeting on Monday hinges on a 10am inspection. The course passed an initial check on Sunday afternoon, as frozen conditions began to improve, with a second inspection announced for 830am on Monday. That was put back by an hour and a half, however, in the hope that temperatures will continue to rise – having dipped to minus 2C overnight. A Tweet from the course read: “Inspection has been pushed to 10am. Temperatures are set to rise above 0 before 9am”. The going is described as heavy for the scheduled seven-race card. There were mixed outcomes from two inspections elsewhere on Monday morning, for Wednesday’s racing. Exeter’s card was abandoned because of waterlogging, after 17mm of rain since Sunday morning. Warwick may yet go ahead, however, as standing water receded – but the meeting will be subject to a second check at 2pm on Tuesday, with further rain forecast. In Ireland, Tuesday’s meeting at Limerick is off because of waterlogging.Follow us on Twitter racing365dotcom and like our Facebook page.
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