Photo: Jonny TurnerOtago could be facing its second abandoned race meeting in just three days. The fate of Wednesday's Omakau thoroughbred meeting will not be known until the morning of the race day. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing announced that the track would be inspected after Tuesday's harness racing meeting at the course. Nine races are scheduled for the Central Otago Racing Club’s meeting with the first event scheduled to go at 1.07pm. The Waikouaiti track was deemed too unsafe to race on by officials.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 02, 2018 00:45 UTC