Thursday’s race meeting at Hawke’s Bay was abandoned after just one race after a horse slipped.

“A rider reported that their mount had slipped rounding the first bend just passing the mile and then again entering the back straight,” Stipendiary Steward Brady Jones said.

“Obviously the riders that were following that mount also reported that they had seen that runner slip and also that their horses hadn’t found it entirely comfortable with the footing.

“The Stewards convened a meeting the led to the track inspection where movement was identified on the track and subsequently to that we made the decision to abandon the meeting.”

Given there were 115 horses still to race on Thursday the abandoned race-meeting has been re-scheduled for Tuesday 30 May. The programme remains the same with new nominations required. These nominations will close with the NRB on Friday 26 May at 12 noon and withdrawals will be Saturday at 10am.

The rail at Hastings has been moved into the true position and the track has or will be verti-drained.

As a consequence the Foxton trials have been brought forward to Monday 29 May with nominations closing on Friday 26 May at 12 noon.