'You can't beat the elements' - Huntingdon's Peterborough Chase card cancelled due to flooding
Huntingdon's Peterborough Chase card on Sunday has been abandoned due to flooding.
The Cambridgeshire track's flagship fixture was cancelled on Saturday night after the nearby Alconbury Brook, situated close to the racecourse, burst its bank.
A third inspection was set to take place at 6.30am on Sunday morning due to concerns over rising river levels.
The card was headlined by the Grade 2 feature in which the Willie Mullins-trained Janidil topped the betting.
Clerk of the course Roderick Duncan said: "It's flooded so there's nothing we could do. We put a lot of effort into getting this meeting on but you can't beat the elements.
"We put the precautionary inspection in because we saw the river levels upstream were rising but we've just not been able to keep the river within its banks."
In 2020, flooding from the river meant the Peterborough Chase was cancelled and moved to Cheltenham.
It means there will be no jump racing in Britain on Sunday after Kelso's Borders National meeting was abandoned on Saturday afternoon due to the ground being deemed unsafe.
The decision was made after 3mm of rain arrived on Saturday morning and with wet weather forecast to continue ahead of the seven-race card.
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