{"id":3125,"date":"2023-10-22T05:21:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/storm-babet-floods-leave-worcester-and-southwell-racecourses-under-water-as-fixture-list-hit-by-abandonments-racing-news\/22\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-22T05:21:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:21:13","slug":"storm-babet-floods-leave-worcester-and-southwell-racecourses-under-water-as-fixture-list-hit-by-abandonments-racing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/storm-babet-floods-leave-worcester-and-southwell-racecourses-under-water-as-fixture-list-hit-by-abandonments-racing-news\/22\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Babet: Floods leave Worcester and Southwell racecourses under water as fixture list hit by abandonments | Racing News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Flooding from Storm Babet has left the racecourses at Worcester and Southwell completely under water and continued to have a significant effect on the fixture list. <\/p>\n
Monday’s all-weather card at Southwell has been abandoned as has Wednesday’s jumps fixture at Worcester, while Pontefract’s meeting on Monday has also been cancelled due to waterlogging.<\/p>\n
Last Friday’s meetings at Fakenham, Haydock and Uttoxeter were all called off along with Saturday’s cards at Market Rasen and Stratford.<\/p>\n
Worcester and Southwell are both waiting for water levels to drop before assessing the full extent of any damage to the track or other facilities.<\/p>\n
Arena Racing Company (ARC), who run both Worcester and Southwell, say Storm Babet has had “a significant impact on our business”.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n Image:<\/span> \n Worcester racecourse was flooded in January 2023 \n <\/span> \n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Arc’s managing director of the racing division Mark Spincer said: “We are not unused to flooding from the River Severn at Worcester but will wait to judge the impact on the ongoing build of the new weighing room.<\/p>\n
“At Southwell, we will have to wait for the water levels to drop significantly before we can ascertain the full impact on both the Tapeta and turf tracks.”<\/p>\n
The next scheduled fixture at Southwell is due to take place on Thursday, October 26, while Worcester has just one meeting left this year on November 1.<\/p>\n
Worcester was also left under water in January this year following heavy rainfall in the area.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n