Chelmsford abandoned on safety grounds while Cheltenhams meeting gets extra race

pChelmsfordapos;s meeting has been abandoned after the first race due to the weather./p pFog descended on the Essex track and the decision was made on safety grounds./p pJockeys Liam Keniry, James Doyle and Robert Havlin took part in an inspection with several trainers and course officials, where it was found the visibility was too poor./p pHavlin won the opening contest of the scheduled eight-race card on the John Gosden-trained Miss Finland (85-40)./p pA spokesperson for Chelmsford Racecourse tweeted: quot;Unfortunately due to the heavy fog that has settled around the racecourse, the rest of todayapos;s fixture has been abandoned on safety grounds./p pquot;The safety of all participants is paramount, we apologise for the incovenience.quot;/p pThe British Horseracing Authority announced on Monday that the Fitzdares Club Loves The Peterborough Chase would be rescheduled./p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/article23098901.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/2_JS114460927.jpg title=Top Notch has won the Peterborough Chase twice data-portal-copyright=Getty/ p/ p/ pIt was due to take place at Huntingdon on Sunday, a meeting which was called off, but it has been switched to Fridayapos;s card at Cheltenham./p pAn eight-race programme will begin at 11.30am with the new race, at its original 2m4f distance, at 1.50pm./p pNicky Henderson had suggested it might have been a suitable race for Betfair Tingle Creek Chase absentee Altior, if run at Taunton./p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/article21422198.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_JS177449070.jpg title=Jockey Nico de Boinville on Altior after winning the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase at the 2019 Cheltenham Festival data-portal-copyright=PA/ pThe Seven Barrows trained has confirmed the ten-year-old will reappear over the Christmas period instead./p p#x201C;Altior won#x2019;t be entered, he wouldn#x2019;t want two and a half miles around Cheltenham,quot; he said./p pquot;He#x2019;ll go to Kempton at Christmas.#x201D;/p pStablemate Top Notch is expected to run, with Mister Fisher having the race as an option along with Saturdayapos;s Caspian Caviar Gold Cup./p