Saturday’s $4.3 million Magic Millions race day, held at the Gold Coast, was today declared unsafe for racing by Queensland Racing stewards but improving weather may still allow it to be run as scheduled.
Racing Queensland steward Daniel Aurich walked the rain-soaked track following yesterday’s feature race barrier draws.
Aurich said two sections of the track posed serious concerns for the meeting.
“At the moment the section from the winning post to the 400 metres is unsafe for racing”, Aurich said.
“There’s another section from the 800 metres to the 1600 metres which is also unsafe for racing.
“If it stays fine as it is today then the track should improve considerably.
“We’ll inspect the track again tomorrow and on Friday and if it stays fine we probably won’t make a final decision whether the meeting goes ahead until Saturday morning.
“However, if we get any rain we may be in a position to make a decision earlier and then go to Plan B”.
Written by Isaac Chaplin
