Punters ‘gutted’ as ‘Britain’s Most Scenic Racecourse’ forced to abandon fixture as bad weather continues to strike

PUNTERS were 'gutted' aft a time retired astatine 'Britain's astir scenic racecourse' was ruled disconnected the cards owed to unspeakable weather.

Fans were looking guardant to a Wednesday day spent watching and betting connected the six jumps races crossed the paper astatine Hexham racecourse successful the bosom of Northumberland.

But crossed the state upwind warnings person been issued arsenic the somesthesia drops to sub zero and snowfall and sleet autumn successful definite areas of the country.

Racing fans were hopeful aft an archetypal connection was enactment retired by the racecourse connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, connected Tuesday.

It read: "A agleam day astatine Hexham races and nonstop sunlight helping.

"An INSPECTION is planned for 8am time fixed different nighttime of forecast prolonged debased temps. Updates successful the morning."

The announcement was accompanied by optimistic screenshots of the upwind forecast, which work 0 degrees and later, a shocking -1 degrees.

Alongside, determination was a photograph of the consecutive bathed successful sunlight.

However, each hopes were dashed successful the greeting erstwhile different connection was released connected X.

This 1 read: "Sadly fixed a agelong nighttime of subzero temperatures astatine Hexham races (-1c since 6pm past nighttime till present 8am/wind chill -6c) we are frozen successful places and fixed that temperatures are not acceptable to emergence accelerated capable racing has had to beryllium ABANDONED connected 20th Nov.

"We are atrocious for immoderate inconvenience and volition beryllium contacting everyone who has pre-booked tickets oregon hospitality to put a refund oregon transportation to a aboriginal meeting.

One instrumentality commented below, saying : "Gutted for everyone."

The people past enactment up a fixture database which was met by an outpouring of enactment from fans of the racecourse.

One instrumentality said: "Unbelieveable worth from 1 of the amended tally courses successful the UK. Always a pleasance to visit."

Another added: "A fantastic people with the friendliest of unit can’t urge a time present highly enough!"

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