Wednesday's card at Sligo cancelled

RACING: Sligo have been forced to cancel tomorrow's meeting due to waterlogging.

RACING:Sligo have been forced to cancel tomorrow's meeting due to waterlogging.

Persistent rain in the area left officials with no choice but to call off the card upon inspection by a chief course inspector.

Irish Turf Club press officer Cliff Noone said: "They had a lot of rain last night and it has continued into today.

"The ground was already heavy and basically it couldn't take anymore."

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