 Fans of War of Attrition must wait until Tuesday to see the horse race
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Sunday's meeting at Punchestown, set to feature the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase, has been postponed due to frost at the Irish course.
Track officials called an initial inspection for 0730 GMT and found parts of the track to be unraceable.
They were optimistic they would be able to give the card the go-ahead following a second check at 1000 GMT.
However, conditions had not improved sufficiently and officials had to delay the day's racing until Tuesday.
Assuming he remains in the 10-runner field, War Of Attrition, winner of the 2006 Cheltenham Gold Cup, will face his stiffest task to date since his comeback against Paul Nicholls' Noland, an easy winner at Down Royal last time.
Snowy Morning, third in the Grand National, will be looking to banish the memories of a poor comeback run in the Clonmel Oil Chase.
Nick Mitchell's The Listener, winner of the race 12 months ago, makes his usual trip to Ireland for a Grade One prize but needs to put a disappointing run in the JNwine.com Chase well behind him.
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