The Ashburton races scheduled for Thursday have been postponed until Tuesday 21 December.

The RIB (Racing Integrity Board) inspected the track at 3.30pm on Wednesday along with the track manager and found water pooling.

There has been approximately 30mm of rain on Thursday. The forecast through to mid-morning Thursday is for a further 50mm – 70mm of rain.

Based on this information and talking to both the club chief executive and South Island trainer representatives it is considered prudent to postpone the meeting for safety reasons.

The fields will remain the same and all scratchings re-instated.