Tuesday’s Horsham meeting cancelled due to heat, Geelong meeting moved to night

February 22, 2016 Comments Off

By grvadmin

The race meeting scheduled for Horsham on Tuesday 23 February has been cancelled due to predicted extreme hot weather conditions for today.

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 predicted hot weather has also resulted in Tuesday’s twilight race meeting at Geelong to be moved to a night meeting.

The safety and welfare of greyhounds is of paramount concern for GRV in assessing whether a race meeting or individual races on a program should proceed, be delayed or abandoned in hot weather conditions.

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Source:: http://www.grv.org.au/news/2016/02/23/tuesdays-horsham-meeting-cancelled-due-heat/

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