Ascot’s Christmas eve card called off

Perth’s Christmas eve meeting at Ascot has been abandoned due to the predicted scorching temperatures.

Racing and Wagering Western Australia officials made the early call on Monday to call off the metropolitan card, with the Class 3 1400m race transferred to the Pinjarra card on Boxing Day while a 1000m no metro win last year race has been added to Bunbury’s meeting on December 28.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting Perth’s temperature to hit 37 degrees on Wednesday.