{"id":27960,"date":"2025-01-03T09:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T09:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=27960"},"modified":"2025-01-03T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T12:31:03","slug":"lingfield-and-musselburgh-to-hold-inspections-for-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/lingfield-and-musselburgh-to-hold-inspections-for-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Musselburgh OFF After Four Inspections, But Lingfield Gets Green Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025 is only a few days old, but the New Year has brought with it freezing temperatures across the UK, which has resulted in several horse racing meetings coming under threat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lingfield and Musselburgh Held Inspections For Friday’s Cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It might be an all weather card at Lingfield<\/strong> on Friday, but with freezing temperatures forecast for the Surrey area on Friday – this has led to the multi-purpose horse racing<\/a> track calling an inspection at 7:30am on the day of racing (3rd Jan 2025).<\/p>\n

In contrast, the other all weather fixture on Friday at Southwell are reporting no issues at the moment.<\/p>\n

However, the jumping card at Musselburgh<\/strong> in Scotland is also under threat – and after FOUR inspections that ranged from Thursday at 4pm to Friday at 12 noon – the fixture is unfortunately OFF, due to frozen ground.<\/p>\n

The good news though is that Lingfield PASSED their morning inspection<\/strong> so the Surrey venue will race today.<\/p>\n

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At Lingfield the Met Office predicted overnight temperatures to be between -1 and -4, with the maximum temperature to hit only 3 degrees at around 1pm on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Despite Lingfield racing on the all weather, the freezing conditions still impacts the track, with the polytrack prone to clogging up and getting stuck under the horse’s hooves.<\/p>\n

You can keep updated with all the upcoming cancelled horse racing meetings in the UK and Ireland here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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RACING GOES AHEAD \u2705<\/p>\n

This morning\u2019s Precautionary Inspection has been passed. Conditions will continue to be monitored throughout the morning. Temperatures reached a low of -5.5 overnight but is due to be above 0C from 10am. pic.twitter.com\/GZIklj6Xtq<\/a><\/p>\n

— Lingfield Park (@LingfieldPark) January 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n