Saturday afternoon's high-profile meeting at Kelso has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track.
The Borders circuit was due to stage a six-race card including the Grade Two totescoop6 Premier Kelso Hurdle and the totepoolliveinfo.com Premier Chase, with the latter set to feature last year's Grand National hero Many Clouds.
However, the track was hit by heavy rain overnight and after staging an 8.0am inspection, clerk of the course Anthea Morshead has had to call off proceedings.
Morshead said: "It's bad news, I'm afraid. We had 16 millimetres of rain overnight and unfortunately there are just too many waterlogged areas. These areas have lost their structure and are deep and unstable, so unfortunately it's not just a case of splashing through it.
"We've already had one or two showers this morning and the MET Office are now forecasting another heavy band of rain for later in the morning.
"It's a huge disappointment as we were all looking forward to seeing the horses that were declared to run, particularly Many Clouds.
"A group of his fans were here last night to see him come off the horsebox and I'm sorry it's been a wasted journey."
