That check showed the track to be unraceable and clerk of the course William Derby called a 4pm inspection ahead of tomorrow’s meeting.

However, Derby was forced to concede defeat once again, this time on a card which was due to feature the totesport Ebor.

A noon inspection will be held on Wednesday to assess prospects for Thursday.

Staff at York had worked throughout the day in a bid to ensure the track would not lose the second card of their four-day meeting.

However, their efforts were in vain with more rain set to fall.

York’s head of marketing James Brennan explained: “We have made an early decision given the rain that has fallen in the last hour to abandon tomorrow’s card.

“The Met Office have also issued a severe weather warning for the Yorkshire area for the next few hours and we deeply regret abandoning tomorrow.

“There will be a noon inspection tomorrow for the prospects of racing for Thursday and Friday, and we are sitting down now with all parties to work out a race programme for those two days.”