Friday’s Warracknabeal meeting transferred to Sportsbet Ballarat Synthetic

Racing Victoria (RV) and the Warracknabeal Racing Club wish to advise that the meeting at Warracknabeal on Friday has been transferred to Sportsbet Ballarat Synthetic due to the effects of wet weather on the horse areas at Warracknabeal Racecourse.

Following significant recent rain, the Club has advised the horse areas are flooded at Warracknabeal including the day stalls and pre-parade area and are not safe for horses and participants.

With these areas unlikely to improve due to the forecast of further rain over the coming days, the decision has been made to keep the meeting in the region and to transfer to Sportsbet Ballarat on the synthetic track. 

RV explored transferring the meeting to alternate turf venues, however was unable to find any suitable options given the upcoming schedule of meetings and wet weather across the state. 

Trainers can nominate as extended entries for the Sportsbet Ballarat Synthetic meeting by 5pm today, with trainers asked to remove their existing acceptances if they don’t intend to run.

As a result of the transfer, three distance changes are required with the full program as follows: