The race meeting scheduled for Rosehill Gardens this Saturday has been shifted to Sunday.
Racing NSW has made the call due to the extreme heat forecast on Saturday.
The weather bureau is expecting temperatures to top 40 degrees at Rosehill on Saturday, and it’ll be even hotter further west.
It’ll follow another hot day on Friday where temperatures will hit 38 degrees.
This morning’s acceptance deadline will remain at 9am with final fields now being processed.
General Admission customers will be offered free entry to Rosehill Gardens this Sunday.
Sunday’s meeting will feature 10 races with slightly revised race times from the original program.
Australian Turf Club Interim CEO Steve McMahon said Sunday’s meeting would still cater for Members and public customers in shared spaces.
“We have worked closely with Racing NSW to make this decision as early as possible to prepare for the move to Sunday,’’ McMahon said.
“Whilst we apologise for any inconvenience this change has on Members and our customers, horse welfare and safety is our first consideration.
“With such extreme hot weather forecast right across Saturday there was no option but to make horse and participant safety a priority and we wanted to give everyone involved extra time to revise their plans for the weekend.’’
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