Overview
- Cheltenham will review the Paddy Power Gold Cup card at 7:30am after 12mm fell during racing plus 7mm overnight, with further showers possible until midnight.
- Clerk Jon Pullin said a drying window from about 1am could allow Prestbury Park to drain, leaving officials cautiously hopeful.
- Navan will inspect at 7:30am under a Status Yellow warning, after a further 6mm today left the surface soft to heavy yet currently raceable.
- Clerk Paddy Graffin reported Met Éireann expects roughly 10–15mm more rain in County Meath before the decision.
- The Met Office issued amber alerts for very heavy rain across parts of England and Wales, and the British Red Cross put response teams on standby.