Four horse racing meetings abandoned in Britain due to heat warning

Four of Britain's five scheduled horse racing meetings on Wednesday have been called off due to a rare red heat warning from the Met Office. The warning is in effect from 09:00 BST on Wednesday to 21:00 Thursday, with temperatures expected to reach 38 or 39C in certain areas. Worcester Racecourse's National Hunt meeting and Flat races at Salisbury and Kempton are among those in the affected zone. Carlisle's meeting in Cumbria remains scheduled to take place. The British Horseracing Authority is set to monitor additional fixtures, especially those in amber warning zones, as conditions continue to develop this week.

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• 12:47 PMBBC Sport — Four horse racing meetings off after extreme heat warning