CHAMPION trainer Paul Nicholls has been forced to evacuate horses from his Ditcheat stables amid a flash flood.
A photo posted online showed a yard worker carefully guiding one of the thoroughbreds through a river of water that had made its way into his famed yard.
Champion trainer Nicholls’ yard was flooded during Storm Henk
The water was said to be receding now but it was yet another example of how Storm Henk has caused chaos in racing.
Sandown was forced to cancel its big card tomorrow after the Surrey track suffered an absolute deluge on Friday.
While Chepstow scrapped its meeting for Sunday earlier in the week after being hit with more than 140mm of rain.
More to follow.
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