There will be no jumps racing on Thursday or Friday with frozen tracks claiming cards at Newbury, Doncaster and Huntingdon.
Only Ayr has staged National Hunt action so far this week and while Wednesday’s fixture at Taunton goes ahead as planned, another blank spell will end the working week.
Newbury’s clerk of the course George Hill had planned an inspection at 8.30am ahead of Thursday’s card, but was able to make a slightly earlier decision following temperatures of -3C overnight.
He said: “The forecast has unfortunately proved correct, we got down to -3C and it has been freezing since 9pm or 10pm. The course is frozen in places and we are forecast 1C or 2C today with the possibility of sleet or snow showers tonight and…