Storm alert for racing

STORM CLAUDIA is threatening to disrupt the racing action on day one of the November meeting at Cheltenham.

- By Melissa Jones

Officials are braced for more than an inch of rain at the track, where a 2m5f conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle starts the card at 1.10pm.

The Met Office has issued an amber warning, suggesting severe weather was more likely to impact the region, for between noon today and midnight.