York off again - also Tralee, Carlisle

the bad weather continues to pay havoc with racing fixtures in Britain and Ireland. Today´s racing at York, the second day of the Ebor meeting including the Ebor Handicap itself as well as the Gimcrack Stakes and Lonsdale Cup, has had to be abandoned, and Tralee in Ireland as well as Carlisle have also been called off. The loss of Tralee, where the meeting continues through Saturday, is particularly bitter as it is the last meeting ever to be held at the historic track, which is then due to close down. But of course the loss of the first 2 days of the Ebor meeting, one of the absolute top meetings of the entire year, is extremely bad news. An inspection will be held later to determine whether racing can be staged on Thursday and Friday, when the main scheduled races are the Yorkshire Oaks and Nunthorpe Stakes, while yesterdays Juddmonte International has been added to Friday´s card. There is an inspection called for today´s card at Hamilton, while several fixtures later in th e week are alo in danger, notably Newcastle on Friday. The situation is even worse in Ireland, with large areas of the country under water, and trainers reporting that many of the gallops are flooded, so that normal training is almost impossible.