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The Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase, due to be staged at 4.10pm on Wednesday at the Cheltenham Festival, has been abandoned.

An 8am inspection was called on Tuesday with the course waterlogged in places and following 11mm of rainfall throughout yesterday, there has been no improvement in the conditions on the Cross-Country course with areas of the track remaining unraceable.

With the forecast for the remainder of the week continuing to look unsettled, there will therefore be insufficient improvement to the Cross-Country course by Friday 15th March, and a decision was taken not to reschedule the Glenfarclas Cross-Country Chase.

As a result of the abandonment of the 5th race today, the revised race times for Wednesday 13th March are as follows:

• Race 1: 1345

• Race 2: 1430

• Race 3: 1515

• Race 4: 1600

• Race 5: NA

• Race 6: 1650

• Race 7: 1730

The Going on the Old & New course is Soft, Heavy in Places.