Racing: Newton Abbot off

NEWTON ABBOT, one of the 10 Boxing Day meetings scheduled for today, has fallen victim to the weather.

Officials at the Devon course inspected the track yesterday morning and decided that racing today would not be possible.

The clerk of the course, Michael Trickey, said: "The course is waterlogged and there is more rain forecast. It's a real shame as we had a good card - and this is the fourth year in succession that this has happened."