Racing Victoria stewards has confirmed a postponement to the Geelong Cup meeting because of dangerous wind conditions.
Geelong Cup day organisers managed to get through the first three of a bumper nine-race card before the worst of forecast severe wind conditions forced a halt.
• PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet’s team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW!
Racegoers were forced to evacuate all marquees and advised not to congregate around non-fixed fixtures.
The club and stewards had worked on getting the meeting restarted but conditions were unlikely to ease.
The club removed all umbrellas and like on Tuesday in anticipation of the conditions.
The start of the first race was delayed a couple minutes after the wind knocked over part of the inside rail at the 1300m.
The first three races were run and won without any other incident.
– more to come
Originally published as Geelong Cup: Marquees evacuated as wild winds cause havoc
Read related topics:Melbourne
