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Auckland Cup Day postponed after heavy rain

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Sat, 11 Mar 2017, 9:31AM
The 2017 New Year's Day Races, Ellerslie. (Photosport)
The 2017 New Year's Day Races, Ellerslie. (Photosport)

Auckland Cup Day postponed after heavy rain

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Sat, 11 Mar 2017, 9:31AM

The heavy rain that's drenched the North Island has forced the postponement of today's Auckland Cup race meeting at Ellerslie Raceway.

The prestigious race and three other major races planned for today will instead be run on Thursday evening in a twilight event.

"We could have looked at transferring the meeting to Sunday but with the weather forecast for the next 24 hours we couldn't be confident things would be any better," said ARC chief executive Cameron George.

Bets already placed on today's meeting will be refunded, with the races to be re-opened by the TAB once the fields for Thursday's meeting are determined.

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