AFTER a successful Cup meeting last week, the Gunnedah Greyhound Racing Club has had to reschedule its Sunday twilight meeting to Wednesday.
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The meeting shift comes after the club received an insufficient amount of nominations for the Sunday meeting.
Club president Geoff Rose said the small number of nominations was due to other meetings running in the region during the weekend.
"There's a bit happening this weekend with Tamworth hosting its Cup meeting on the Saturday," Rose said.
"It's great to see their meeting get so well supported, but it does mean that our meeting has had to be shifted."
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Rose said the meeting shuffle would be "a good result in the long term".
"Moving the meeting takes a lot of the pressure off the trainers," he said.
"By moving the meeting, we are able to host a really strong card of races on the Wednesday and Tamworth can host a strong meeting on the Saturday.
"Really everyone wins with this outcome in the long term."
The cancellation comes shortly after the Gunnedah Greyhound Racing Club hosted one of its most successful Cup meetings ever.
Trainers from across the state and the region flocked to the track for their share of prize money and glory.
"There was some really high-class racing at our Cup meeting," Rose said.
"It was great to see Gary Starthfield win his third Gunnedah Cup.
"He first won it back in 2013, then again in 2014 and now this year.
"All told, it was a great event."
With Gunnedah's next TAB meeting to be held on Wednesday June 26, Rose said he hoped the rescheduling would be a learning curve going forward.
"I don't think all of the trainers are used to there being so many options for racing," he said.
"They are spoiled for choice at the moment and I think the scheduling of meetings is something Greyhound Racing NSW could look at.
"It would be great to see it addressed, but failing that, common sense outcomes like this one with our meeting are good to see."
Nominations for Wednesday's meeting close at 9am on Monday.
Billy Jupp
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
