AN 8am inspection was called for Wednesday on Tuesday as parts of the track were unfit for racing following recent heavy rain.

Unfortunately there was a further six millimetres of rain overnight and officials were left with an easy decision to make.

A statement from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board read: "The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has announced that, following a course inspection at Clonmel today, Wednesday, 14th February, the course was found to be unfit for racing. As a consequence the fixture scheduled for Thursday, 15th February has been cancelled."

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has announced that this meeting will now be held at Clonmel next Tuesday February 20th.

Fresh entries for this meeting, which will now be a seven race card, will close by 12 noon tomorrow, Thursday February 15 with declarations to run to be made by 10am on Monday February 19th. Details of the programme of races have been published on RAS.