With the continuing cold snap, the Clerk of Course and stewards brought forward their inspection 24 hours from Thursday and abandoned the fixture at Larkhill on Sunday December 18 due to frozen ground. There will be no rescheduling. Tickets will be refunded in full.

The weather may yet confound Larkhill's second meeting of the season following the cold snap covering Britain. An inspection on Sunday reported a good covering of grass keeping most of the frost out, but temperatures reached -5C on Saturday night. The cold snap is set to continue through the week, relenting toward the weekend. A further inspection will take place on Thursday December 15 at 11am, and thereafter on a daily basis to update