Gunnedah's long-awaited return meeting has been transferred to Scone because of the wet weather.
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The development is "very, very disappointing", said Lyn Tongue, Gunnedah Jockey Club general manager.
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Prior to Tuesday's TAB meeting being moved, the GJC had had three meetings transferred because its jockey room was not COVID-compliant.
GJC received a $5000 Gunnedah Shire Council grant to renovate the room so jockeys could abide by social distancing requirements.
Tongue said: "The stewards gave us the OK ... So it [Tuesday's transferred meeting] is a big blow. We haven't raced and we've done renos and things - and it's very, very disappointing."
Racing NSW stewards inspected Riverside Racecourse early Monday morning and deemed the straight unsafe for racing.
Tongue said: "We had overnight rain, there were storms yesterday [Sunday] afternoon ... We haven't had any drying weather, really."
