Tuesday’s Horsham meeting cancelled and Geelong moved to morning due to extreme heat

By grvadmin

The twilight race meeting scheduled for Horsham on Tuesday 19 January has been cancelled and the twilight meeting for Geelong on the same day has been moved to morning due to predicted extreme hot weather conditions.

The decision on whether to proceed with Tuesday’s Shepparton night meeting will be made by 8:30am tomorrow morning.

Under Greyhound Racing Victoria’s (GRV) recently reviewed Hot Weather Policy, greyhound racing or trialling cannot be conducted if the temperature exceeds 38 degrees.

The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted peak temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius for Horsham and 38 degrees for Geelong on Tuesday. The peak temperature for Geelong Read full article

Source:: http://www.grv.org.au/news/2016/01/18/tuesdays-horsham-meeting-cancelled-geelong-moved-morning-due-extreme-heat/