Race meeting numbers reduced in Central OtagoTayler Strong Kildangan and rider Doni Prastiyou score an easy win at Omakau during the summer. The Central Otago Racing Club, racing at Omakau, has been reduced to one permit, January 3. Thoroughbred racing in Central Otago has been reduced to two meetings in the dates allocated for next season. Meetings lost in Otago and Southland are: Oamaru in August; Winton in November; Omakau in late February and Cromwell in March. Acklin said the decline in the number of racing permits in the South Island was alarming.

Source: Stuff June 28, 2016 04:41 UTC