A Tuesday inspection of Haydock Park's inner course found the surface unsuitable for racing and the May 29-30 cards have been abandoned, the racecourse announced on social media.During Saturday's G2 Temple Stakes card, John and Thady Gosden's Friendly Soul (Kingman) took a false step on the inner course in the day's first race, the Listed William Hill Epic Boost British EBF Hedge Of Oak Stakes. A trio of inner course races were abandoned as a result.A statement posted on X read, “Fixtures scheduled to take place on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th May have been cancelled following today's [Tuesday] inspection of the inner course.“We had hoped to stage this weekend's fixtures on the inner track after a hole appeared on the outer track during racing last Saturday.“However, given the three days of racing already staged on the inner track in recent days the ground will not have the chance to recover to an acceptable standard for racing this weekend.“We are working with the BHA [British Horseracing Authority] around next steps for the rescheduling of Friday and Saturday's races and the BHA will issue further updates on this in due course.“We are sorry for the inconvenience that this will cause to participants and racegoers.“External drainage specialists and agronomists are on site at Haydock Park today [Tuesday] and investigations continue into the cause of the hole that appeared on the outer track during racing on Saturday 23rd May.”Speaking before the decision to call off the fixtures was made, John Gosden gave his take on the drainage situation and an update on Friendly Soul.Gosden said, “It was very unfortunate, very difficult [situation]. I took pictures of the hole, I knew it was at two and a half out and we found it. That's where she put her foot in. She went in about six inches, but she's fine. In the end, you could literally get your arm in it, and it was silty ground underneath. Obviously, it's an old drain that's collapsed. The track was in perfect order, but that was like a well-camouflaged trap, if you like.”He added, “It's a miracle she was ok, to be honest. Luckily, she was travelling so well, everyone else was coming off the bridle, and he [Oisin Murphy] had a good hold of her. If he was in full stretch and the leg is out, that would have been a very different story. But fortunately, he was sitting with a double handful, and I think that was the key factor.”The post Haydock Park Cancels Friday And Saturday Cards appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.