Ffos Las is frozen off This afternoon's meeting at Ffos Las became the latest victim of the cold snap after course officials were forced to abandon the high-profile fixture. With cards at Sandown and Wetherby already called off, it had been hoped that Ffos Las would be able to fly the flag for National Hunt racing in Britain today. But having been hit by freezing temperatures for the past two nights, clerk of the course Tim Long was able to call off the Welsh meeting without the need for the 9am inspection that had been called. Long said: "Conditions are so that there is no point hanging on until 9am. We got down to minus 1C overnight and it is zero at the moment, but there is a fierce wind chill and we are actually freezing now. "Temperatures are forecast to creep up, but only by a degree or two and it won't be enough. "On Thursday night temperatures got down to minus 6C and that is what has really done the damage. We're absolutely devastated as the team has worked incredibly hard." Talks have been ongoing about the possibility of the meeting being rescheduled for Sunday, but Long is not able to make any definite plans at this stage. "It is something that was talked about yesterday and all we've got to do now is get this abandonment out of the way," Long told Channel 4 Racing's The Morning Line. "We want to make sure we get the message out to all our customers and then we can start thinking about our options. "We need to discuss the logistics of it (racing on Sunday) and even if it were possible. We'd obviously need to establish whether we can get teams in place to stage the meeting tomorrow."
