Chepstow’s jumps opener to feature no chase races after dry summer

Chepstow's Welsh Racing Festival, the traditional jumps season opener, will be run without chase races as the track continues to feel the effect of an extreme summer drought.

The three-day meeting staged between October 9-11, all live on Sky Sports Racing, is at the centre of a major fixture reshuffle in response to a prolonged dry period which has left the ground unseasonably dry and hard.