Wednesday's Fairyhouse card cancelled

Racing: Tomorrow evening’s Flat meeting at Fairyhouse has been cancelled due to a waterlogged track

Racing:Tomorrow evening's Flat meeting at Fairyhouse has been cancelled due to a waterlogged track. Course officials made the call following a 3.30pm inspection this afternoon.

The seven-card fixture was due to feature the Group Three Brownstown Stakes over seven furlongs.

Fairyhouse general manager Peter Roe said: “We’re gone I’m afraid, it’s absolutely saturated. We thought we might have a chance, but it just hasn’t improved.

“We’ve had 173 millimetres of rain since June 1st - which is more than the whole of January, February and March put together.”

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