Warwick announce inspection

Officials at Warwick have called a 2pm inspection on Thursday ahead of Saturday's meeting.

Clerk of the course Sulekha Varma will make an early check on conditions ahead of the fixture, which is due to feature the Betfair Kingmaker Novices' Chase.

She said: "We hit almost minus 6C last night and up until then the snow and frost had been thawing and it was starting to look promising. Unfortunately the forecast has completely turned and the areas that had thawed have frozen again and there is still snow on certain areas of the track."

Varma added: "We are forecast another frost tonight, potentially minus 5C, so we will look at 2pm once the warmest part of the day has passed and see where we go from there."

8 February 2012