Next weekend's meeting at Punchestown will feature an all hurdle card on the Saturday, with the scheduled chase events abandoned.

The decision came after the stewards inspected the chase course and decided that due to the recent poor weather it would not be in the interest of the track to run the all five chases at the two-day meeting.

Therefore, on Saturday two of the remaining hurdle races will be divided to replace the two abandoned chases and provide a seven-race card.

The Sunday programme, which includes three chases, will go ahead as planned.