Plumpton called off
Cold weather claims another jumps card
Last Updated: February 12, 2012 8:16am
Plumpton: Forced to call off Monday card
Monday's meeting at Plumpton has been abandoned due to a frozen track.
Clerk of the course Mark Cornford has called off the National Hunt card after another harsh frost overnight.
He said: "We've had two much more severe frosts than forecast. We were forecast towards minus 6C or even just minus 3C or 4C but it dropped to minus 11C on Friday night and then minus 10C last night.
"The ground was already partly frozen and we still have a thin layer of snow on about 40% of the track so there just isn't enough time or a big enough increase in temperatures to get that cleared before racing.
"The frost has gone so deep that it will probably take at least two or three days, if not three or four days, to clear."
