Chester seems to be decidedly luke-warm about the whole idea of jumps racing.
Clerk of the course Andrew Morris says: "There are no plans to race during the winter and there are no plans to expand our fixture list.
"The one thing we won’t do is anything that would possibly prejudice our most important customers — our Flat trainers and jockeys."
There is also no prospect of steeplechases being staged.
No new jumps fixtures, no racing in the winter, no chases. Hardly worth bothering, to be honest….
My sentiments exactly. Hope it’s not all weather hurdles as well, the best thing they did with them was to finish them.