Following consultation with the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC), Racing Victoria (RV) wishes to advise that the twilight race meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 8 at Caulfield Heath has been transferred to Mornington.
The transfer comes following a fire this morning in the Norman Robinson Stand at Caulfield Racecourse, which has now been established as a crime scene by Victoria Police.
Whilst the racing surface was not impacted, building surveyors, health officials and investigators are currently inspecting the venue.
Accordingly, the MRC believed it was in the best interests of all parties to make the call now to transfer tomorrow’s race meeting to avoid any further disruptions for participants and patrons.
Mornington was deemed the most appropriate transfer venue with Sandown still a few weeks away from its planned resumption following a major renovation.
Race times, field sizes and prizemoney will remain unchanged at Mornington with the first race at 3.40pm (AEDT) and the last of eight races at 7.30pm (AEDT).
However, due to the unavailability of an 1800m start at Mornington, the distances for Races 6 and 7 have been increased from 1800m to 2000m. All other distances remain unchanged.
The Mornington track is currently rated a soft 5 with the rail at six metres.
The jump outs that were scheduled for tomorrow morning at Mornington will now be held on Thursday morning, 9 January.
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