Racing Victoria (RV) wishes to advise that the meeting scheduled at Ladbrokes Geelong tomorrow will now be held one day later on Tuesday, 28 January after the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) forecast temperatures of 42 degrees for Monday.
As a result of the rescheduling of the race meeting, the official trials due to take place at Geelong on Tuesday will also be pushed back 24 hours to Wednesday, 29 January.
With the BOM predicting temperatures to reach 40 degrees by 1pm tomorrow, before peaking at 42 degrees at 2pm and staying in that range until 5pm, the decision was taken in consultation with the club and other stakeholder groups to move the fixture in the interests of horse and participant welfare.
All scratchings will be reinstated for Geelong and the program will now be run alongside Tuesday’s Horsham fixture, with the following revised race times for both venues:
Geelong
Race 1 - 2.10pm
Race 2 - 2.45pm
Race 3 - 3.20pm
Race 4 - 3.55pm
Race 5 - 4.30pm
Race 6 - 5.05pm
Race 7 - 5.40pm
Race 8 - 6.10pm
Horsham
Race 1 - 12.45pm
Race 2 - 1.15pm
Race 3 - 1.50pm
Race 4 - 2.25pm
Race 5 - 3.00pm
Race 6 - 3.35pm
Race 7 - 4.10pm
Race 8 - 4.45pm