Snow has reached Cheltenham racecourse resulting in a major going change ahead of the upcoming Cheltenham Festival.
Conditions have eased to soft following a wet 24 hours with the track under a covering of snow. The ground had been described as good to soft on Thursday.
Clerk of the course Jon Pullin expects the snow to have moved on by mid morning but further bursts are predicted before the four-day fixture opens on Tuesday. The latest bulletin from the track on Friday read: “12mm of rain in the last 24hrs. Covering of snow (@07:30).