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Frozen track forces Wincanton abandonment

A frozen track means that there's no Wincanton meeting today
A frozen track means that there's no Wincanton meeting today

This afternoon's meeting at Wincanton has been abandoned due to a frozen track.

With overnight temperatures having dropped to minus 7C, clerk of the course Barry Johnson was left with no option but to call off the fixture following an early-morning inspection.

Wincanton officials confirmed that the temperature at the Somerset venue was still minus 6C at 6am on Thursday morning, with the situation exacerbated by freezing fog.

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