Storm Ciara

Storm Ciara has forced the abandonment of all three of Sunday's meetings in Britain and Ireland. Exeter was first to be called off, shortly before a scheduled 8 a.m. inspection, and then Southwell's all-weather meeting and Punchestown's Grand National Trial card followed around an hour later. Gales, forecast to continue throughout the day, put paid to Exeter and also Southwell. At Punchestown, it was initially hoped the high-profile fixture would survive--but after almost 30mm of further rain on Sunday morning, it was cancelled too. A Tweet from Exeter before 8...