Race meetings scheduled to take place this week will continue despite the extension of the COVID-19 Alert Level 3 border in Waikato.

From 11:59pm on Thursday, the new Waikato Alert Level 3 area will include Cambridge, however, Matamata will remain in Level 2, allowing its Saturday meeting to go ahead as scheduled.

Race meetings in Timaru, Hawera, and Invercargill will also take place as scheduled, however, the Taupo trials scheduled for Friday have been postponed, with a new date to be advised.