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Ffos Las, Sandown and Wetherby all beaten by frost
ESPN staff
February 4, 2012
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The lights have gone out on Ffos Las
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Saturday's racing programme has been hit severely by adverse weather, with several significant meetings falling foul of the cold snap.
Cards at Sandown and Wetherby were among the first to be called off due to frozen grounds, after temperatures dropped below 0 Celsius overnight.
It was hoped the meeting at Ffos Las might keep interest in National Hunt racing alive this weekend, but that too has now gone. Course clerk Tim Long did not even need to perform an inspection to know the fate of the Welsh meeting.
"Conditions are so that there is no point hanging on until 9am," Long said. "We got down to minus 1C overnight and it is zero at the moment, but there is a fierce wind chill and we are actually freezing now.
"Temperatures are forecast to creep up, but only by a degree or two and it won't be enough. On Thursday night temperatures got down to minus 6C and that is what has really done the damage.
"We're absolutely devastated as the team has worked incredibly hard."
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