THE going is soft, heavy in places, for today's race meeting at Taunton.

A course inspection at 6am gave a stick reading of 4.4 on a scale of 1 to 10, with the higher the reading the firmer the ground.

There was 7mm of rain at the course overnight with up to 12mm more expected.

The rain and wind is expected to ease by late morning with some sunshine expected for this afternoon.