Wincanton's Thursday card hinges on raceday inspection; Sandown also due to inspect for Saturday's Grade 1 fixture
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Wincanton's meeting on Thursday must pass another inspection, but the track hopes it will continue to fall on the right side of the forecast to clear up waterlogged areas.
The fate of Sandown's Grade 1 card on Saturday will also become clearer on Thursday morning when an inspection of the chase and hurdles tracks will take place at 8am.
Around 77mm of rain has hit Wincanton in the last week, which prompted officials to assess conditions at 8.30am on Wednesday. Despite a dry night on Tuesday, the track remained unraceable and a second check will take place on raceday morning. The going is currently heavy, with some areas of waterlogging.
Speaking on Wednesday morning, clerk of the course Tom Ryall said: "We've been dry since about 5pm yesterday and we've actually seen significant improvement in the track's condition.
"We're not quite raceable yet and there's a couple of areas that are still problematic, but most of the forecasts have us as dry today and overnight, so we'll have a look first thing."
Sandown's chase course 'almost there, but there are still one or two problem areas'
Sandown's chase track was described as soft, heavy in places on Tuesday and the hurdles track was heavy, soft in places, with both courses waterlogged in places.
A provisional all-chase six-race card has been arranged due to the condition of the hurdles track, but more than 10mm of rainfall has hit the Esher venue since Monday and both tracks will be assessed as part of the inspection.
Clerk of the course Andrew Cooper said: "We're not under any illusions that it's just about the hurdles course. We have to see what the whole picture looks like in the next 48 hours. The chase course is almost there, but there are still one or two problem areas.
"We'll look at everything. There's no point saying we're going to just inspect the hurdles course. I wouldn't say we're any better than we were yesterday, but we're not getting any worse."
A fairly dry outlook is expected for the remainder of the week, although Wednesday's forecast will be key to how conditions shape up before Thursday's inspection.
The weather has caused major disruption to many meetings this month, with no jumps racing taking place in Britain on Wednesday following the cancellation of Exeter and Leicester's cards.
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