The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has today announced that an additional Jump fixture will take place at Market Rasen on the afternoon of Sunday 22 April.

This is to account for the sustained recent period of disruption to the Jump season caused by the weather.

Entries for the seven race card will close tomorrow, Wednesday 18 April at 12 noon, with declarations as normal on Friday 20 April.

The full race programme and further fixture information will be available via the racing admin site www2.racingadmin.co.uk in due course.

Notes to editors:

1. This is the second of four upcoming Sundays when additional fixtures due to be scheduled to account for the overall interruption to the Jump season caused by the weather. More information is available here.

2. For further information please contact the BHA Racing Department on 0207 152 0050 or via [email protected]