Racegoers in rainy conditions during Countryside Day at Cheltenham Racecourse (Image: PA)

The winds and rain of Storm Claudia have put a question mark over day two of the Cheltenham meeting tomorrow (Saturday). A precautionary inspection will be held at the racecourse in the morning ahead of the scheduled seven-race Paddy Power Gold Cup card.

The bad weather in the lead-up to the Friday of the two-day meeting has continued throughout the afternoon, as conditions at the track were inevitably worsened by a day’s racing on the Prestbury Park turf. With more rain forecast, officials will examine the track at 7.30am before the planned second afternoon of action.

“We’ve had 12mm of rain through the day to add to the 7mm overnight and as we’ve been racing this afternoon we’ve opened up the t

See Full Page