Musselburgh's meeting on Monday is the latest to be abandoned due to the weather.
The Scottish venue has been hit by 26 centimetres of snow, meaning there is no chance of the meeting going ahead. Even if the course was raceable, concerns would be for racegoers and staff getting to the track.
"We've called racing off, there was nothing else we could do," said clerk of the course Harriet Graham.
"The slight window we had in the forecast has now disappeared. We had another two to three inches of snow last night and continue to have snow flurries. Even if we were raceable nobody could get here."
Tuesday's meeting at Sedgefield is already in major doubt with course officials announcing a noon inspection for Friday. The County Durham track is currently covered by 12 inches of snow and clerk of the course Charlie Moore admits there is little prospect of racing at this stage.
"We have 12 inches of snow on the course and we're going to need a significant rise in temperatures and some rain. If the rain did arrive and the snow cleared, then we would probably be waterlogged, so it's not looking great," said Moore.
"The snow would need to have cleared by 8am on Monday for us to have any chance of being ready to race on Tuesday and we have been covered with snow since Wednesday, November 24. Maybe a miracle will happen, but we need something along those lines at the moment."
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