The Goulburn and Richmond meetings today [Friday 7 August] were abandoned due to the inclement weather and state of the tracks.

The Commission invoked the Protocol for Track Inspections and Race Abandonments for both of these meetings which includes consultation between stewards, track curators, club officials and GRNSW.

Following an assessment of the forecasted weather and the penetrometer readings which revealed the tracks surface to be in the ‘unsafe for racing’ category the race meetings were abandoned.

The abandonment of any race meeting is a decision which is not taken lightly and is made with the paramount consideration of greyhound welfare.