The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has today confirmed that the three Steeple Chases scheduled to take place at Kelso’s fixture on Wednesday 7 May have been abandoned and will be replaced with two Hurdle races.

The decision to abandon the Steeple Chases has been taken following an inspection of the course by the BHA Course Inspectorate. This has been approved in order to allow the racecourse to concentrate their watering efforts on the Hurdles course to ensure the fixture has the best possible chance of going ahead.

The two new races will form a six-race card and will close for entries at noon on Friday 2 May. Declarations will take place at the 48-hour stage along with the rest of the card.