Ffos Las called off
Saturday's valuable National Hunt card at Ffos Las has been abandoned because of frost and snow.
Although officials had earlier this week been bullish about the chances of racing, overnight temperatures dipped to minus 9C.
And with the track still snowbound, clerk of the course Tim Long was left with no choice but to abandon two days before the fixture.
He said: "We gave it every chance, but we half-knew our fate yesterday.
"The next two nights are going to be very cold again so we realistically had little chance.
"We've still got a partial covering of snow, which is not going anywhere, so it was pointless delaying our decision."
The news comes as a blow to the Welsh track, who were due to stage the rearranged Blue Square Tolworth Hurdle and the SIS Live Welsh Champion Hurdle.
Although officials had earlier this week been bullish about the chances of racing, overnight temperatures dipped to minus 9C.
And with the track still snowbound, clerk of the course Tim Long was left with no choice but to abandon two days before the fixture.
He said: "We gave it every chance, but we half-knew our fate yesterday.
"The next two nights are going to be very cold again so we realistically had little chance.
"We've still got a partial covering of snow, which is not going anywhere, so it was pointless delaying our decision."
The news comes as a blow to the Welsh track, who were due to stage the rearranged Blue Square Tolworth Hurdle and the SIS Live Welsh Champion Hurdle.
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