All systems go for Ayr
Turf racing in Britain is expected to restart on Monday as Ayr is under no threat from the weather and no inspection is planned.
However, officials at the all-weather track at Wolverhampton are to have a precautionary look at 6.30am.
The whole track at Ayr is frost-free and raceable after warmer temperatures moved in overnight.
"It was 2C overnight and warmer temperatures have moved in. I think the weather on the west coast is better than anywhere else in the UK," said clerk of the course Emma Marley.
"It was 7C on Saturday, which helped massively with the thaw, and we are perfectly raceable now. It will be 3C tonight and is due to be dry with sunny spells tomorrow. We have no inspection planned."
Saturday's meeting at Wolverhampton was called off halfway through after heavy snowfall.
The snow is still on the track, but groundstaff will undertake a huge operation to make the course raceable for Monday's meeting.
Clerk of the course Fergus Cameron said: "The forecast was for the snow to turn into rain and we've been left with three inches of wet snow on the track. There is a slow thaw going on, but we had fog this morning which slowed the process.
"We will take the snow off this afternoon and then work the track today. In view of our current position an inspection is sensible, but if the forecast is correct we are confident of racing."
5 February 2012
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