THE weather is busy wreaking havoc. Today’s meeting at Fairyhouse was called off yesterday – re-routed to Tuesday – and tomorrow’s meeting at Naas was in the lap of the gods, with a contingency plan set for Wednesday.

Today’s already rescheduled Welsh National meeting at Chepstow was in danger, and it still is, but yesterday’s inspection went better than expected. There is another one this morning. Also, today’s meeting at Wincanton, complete, as it is, with the Dipper Chase from Cheltenham’s lost New Year’s Day fixture, is subject to an inspection this morning. Today’s meeting at Kempton, which looked safe enough during the week, is now subject to an inspection too.