The Central Otago meeting at Omakau has been rescheduled to this Friday.
The meeting was to have been run on Wednesday, but due to a wet area at the 350m mark the meeting was abandoned following a course inspection by Racing Integrity Unit and club officials. The first race will be run at 12.14pm.
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has asked the Racing Integrity Unit to investigate the circumstances that led to the Central Otago meeting at Omakau not being held on Wednesday.
“We have asked the Racing Integrity Unit to investigate how a section of the track was over-watered that resulted in the meeting not proceeding. This is a very disappointing result for the club, participants, and our customers,” NZTR CEO Bernard Saundry said.
Omakau is the third meeting to be affected this year, with the Waikouaiti races on New Year’s Day abandoned after just one race due to a slippery track.
The final race at Ellerslie on their bumper Sistema Railway Stakes programme was also abandoned after persistent rain rendered the track unsafe.