Fairyhouse beats the cold snap

Racing: This afternoon’s meeting at Fairyhouse will go ahead as planned after the track passed a 7.30am inspection.

Racing:This afternoon's meeting at Fairyhouse will go ahead as planned after the track passed a 7.30am inspection.

The frost that was forecast failed to materialise and racing will start at 1.55pm.

Cliff Noone, press officer for the Irish Turf Club said: “It’s on, everything is fine.

“The frost they thought they were going to get didn’t arrive. The ground remains heavy.”

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