Warwick, Pontefract and Windsor have all called precautionary morning inspections ahead of Monday's meetings due to heavy rain.
The Warwick track saw 25 millimetres of rain on Friday, with a further 12mm falling up until 11am on Sunday. More rain was forecast and with the ground reported to be soft, heavy in places, officials called a 7.30am check.
"We had just over 100 runners on ground that was described as soft last Thursday and we have had plenty of rain since," said clerk of the course Andrew Morris.
"There are some areas of the course that are currently still fit for racing but are becoming what I would call borderline. Although we are raceable at present, we thought it prudent to call a precautionary inspection in light of the forecast."
Pontefract remain confident of racing despite calling a 6.30am precautionary inspection. The going is reported to be soft, good to soft in places, after 12 millimetres of rain on Sunday morning, with more forecast.
Assistant clerk of the course Richard Hammill said: "We aren't really anticipating any problems but we have had 12mm of rain on Sunday morning and more is forecast. We could get another 5-10mm before the rain clears away and then it is due to be dry overnight, with a nice day on Monday.
"The track is perfectly raceable at the minute and we remain quite confident of going ahead."
Officials at Windsor have announced a 6.45am precautionary inspection after the track was hit by a deluge of rain, with more on the way.
Clerk of the course Gemma Charrington said: "It's purely precautionary but we did have 18 millimetres of rain on Saturday night. It was dry from 1am until 11.30am, but then it started raining again.
"The forecast is for between eight and 12mm on Sunday night. We should be all right but we weren't forecast the 18mm and if we had the same again, we could be in trouble."
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