Today's New Years Day races at Waikouaiti have been abandoned because of safety concerns. That prompted stewards, jockeys and trainers to inspect the Waikouaiti track and delay the second race on the Waikouaiti card. After those inspections the race meeting was abandoned. Stipendary steward Mark Davidson said officials were left with no option but to abandon the race meeting because of the unsafe state of the track. "Clearly there was evidence that horses had slipped on the turn, it is not ideal.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 01, 2018 00:14 UTC