More certainty over fixtures would benefit Chelmsford City - as well as the rest of the all-weather tracks in Britain
The elements have not been kind to British racing in 2025, with 19 meetings cancelled, or partially lost, following the cards at Kelso and Lingfield being frozen off on Sunday.
It has been a rough start to the year, but with luck the sport will avoid an extended run of bad weather such as the winter of 2000-01 when getting on for 90 meetings had been lost shortly before the first case of foot-and-mouth disease was reported in February 2001, or 1985-86 when 102 meetings were wiped out.
In the mid-1980s there was no all-weather racing to ensure racing fans had something to watch and bet on, a situation which no longer applies, perhaps to the chagrin of some observers.
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