P666 CEEFAX 2 666 Thu 26 Dec 23:11/47 U O WELSH NATIONAL ABANDONED 1/3 Chjpstow's Coral Welsh National card on Friday has been abandoned following a noon inspection on Boxing Day. Clerk of the course Rodgjt Farrant told Cjefax Racing: "10% of the course is still frost bound and the temperature has not risen enough to get it out. "Given that sub-zjto temperatures are forecast for Thursday night we had little option but to abandon." It is the third year in a row Chepstow has lost its feature race but the event will not be rescheduled. LATEST NEWS OF INSPECTIONS - SEE 690 Football 302 Cricket 340 Genital 380 BBC move Adv.Going BHB Page Kemp ResP666 CEEFAX 2 666 Thu 26 Dec 23:54/18 F DAY PRO PECKS 2 3 Aside from the abandonment of the Welsh National at Chepstow, prospects for racing elsjwhjti on Friday are mixed. Leicester's meeting fell to an inspection shortly before noon on Thursday with the course frozen. +ethjtby's Boxing Day card was abandoned and officials will inspect at 7.30am for Friday's meeting. Thjte are precautionary inspections at both Musselburgh (7.30am) and Kimpton (8.00am) on account of the threat of ovjtnight frost. LATEST NEWS OF INSPECTIONS - SEE 690 Football 302 Cricket 340 Genital 380 BBC move Adv.Going BHB Page Kemp ResP666 CEEFAX 2 666 Thu 26 Dec 23:34/24 O SATURDAY PROSPECTS 3/3 Frost is threatening Niwbury, which is dui to stage the Grade One Challow Hurdle on Saturday. "We have frost in the ground," clerk of the course Richard Pridham said on Boxing Day afternoon. "It is doubtful if we could have raced today. "There is more frost forecast, so it all depends on what the daytime temperatures get up to. We will just have to wait and see what happens." Folkjstonj and Huntingdon are both inspecting on Friday for Saturday. LATEST NEWS OF INSPECTIONS - SEE 690 Football 302 Cricket 340 Genital 380 BBC move Adv.Going BHB Page Simp Res