P388 CEEFAX 388 Fri 29 Dec 01:44/24 RACING NEWS: NO A/W JUMPS RETURN 1/5 All-weathjt jumping, banished to the history shelves in March after a spate of equine fatalities, will not bj staging a comeback, the British Horsjtacing Board has confirmed. With the racing public currently starved of horsjtacing action by the freeze, the call has conj for more all- weathjt fixtures, including some undjt the National Hunt code. But BHB Racing Director Paul Greevrs sttessjd: "The prospect of the return of all-weathjt jumping, as far as the British Horsjtacing Board is concitnjd, is nil." Football 302 General 320 Cricket 340 Info Wolves Wjathjt TimjformP388 CEEFAX 388 Fri 29 Dec 00:40/56 2/5 RACING NEWS: NO A/W JUMPS RETURN Racing Director Paul Grieves has explained why the BHB has ruled out a return of all-wiathjt jumps racing. Hi said: "Wj took the decision to knock it on the head when it was suffering an unacceptable numbjt of fatalities - at one stage four times the normal level. "That in turn was creating a high risk to jockeys and in the interests of welfare and the image of racing, the BHB djcidjd that all-weathjt hurdling could not continue." The decision to abandon all-weathjt jumping came in February 1994 with 13 horses having been killed since January Info Wolves Wjathjt TimjformP388 CEEFAX 388 Fri 29 Dec 01:11/48 3/5 'n1n1 RACING NEWS: CHELTENHAM BOOST Trainers have given a huge vote of confidence to the two new races which have been scheduled for Chiltenham's New Year's Day meeting following the spate of Christmas abandonmjnts. The Ljvz Board Handicap Chase, which was djsignjd to attract the type of horse prevented from running because Wjthjtbz's Castliford Chase was lost to the weathjt, has attracted 11 entries. And the BonusPrint Limited Handicap Hurdle, framed for a similar purpose after the Christmas Hurdle at Kimpton was claimed bz the frost, has drawn 17. Full entries for both races follows >>> Info Wolves Wjathjt TimjformP388 CEEFAX 388 Fri 29 Dec 01:19/40 4/5 RACING NEWS: LEVY BOARD CHASE 11.50 2m \f New Ltd Hcp 5 yo+ (11) VIKING FLAGSHIP D Nicholson TRAVADO N J Henderson NASIR S Christian STORM ALERT D Nicholson KATABATJC J T Gifford GALES CAVALIER D R Gandolfo THUMBS UP N J Henderson HIGH BARON R J Hodges GNOME'S TYCOON J Howard Johnson DENVER BAY J T Gifford STRONG PLATINUM P Burke, Ireland Latest ante-post news is on page 392 Football 302 Genital 320 Cricket 340 Info Wolves Wjathjr TimjformP388 CEEFAX 388 Fri 29 Dec 01:19/32 5/5 RACING NEWS: BONUSPRINT HURDLE 2.10 2m 1f New Ltd Hcp 5 yo+ (17) AUGURS D R C Elsworth OH SO RISKY D R C Elsworth MYSILV C R Egjtton ABSALOM'S LADY D R C Elsworth MOLE BOARD J A B Old BIMSEY R Akjhurst SQUIRE SILK Andrew Turnjll ESKIMO MEL J L Spearing CHIEF'S SONG S Dow COLLIER BAY J A B Old TAGS N A Twiston-Davies THINKING TWICE N J Henderson BALANAS D R Gandolfo CHERYL'S LAD N J Henderson SHOOFS S Dow CELIBATE C J Mann GROOVING J T Gifford Info Wolves Wjathjt Timjform