RQ confirms that following consultation with QRIC and as a consequence of the abandonment of the Ipswich TC race meeting on Wednesday 10 October, there has been a replacement race meeting programed for Ipswich TC on Tuesday 16 October.
The program for the replacement meeting will replicate that for the abandoned meeting, with however the following distance changes made to three races:
- QTIS 3yo Benchmark 65 Handicap – was 1666m, is now 1550m
- Maiden Handicap – was 1666m, is now 1550m
- Class 5 Handicap - was 1666m, is now 1550m
As it is a new race meeting, the fields assembled for the abandoned meeting will not be carried over (i.e. trainers are required to nominate again). Accordingly, the closing times pertaining to the new meeting will be:
Nominations: close Thursday 11 October 2018, 11:00am
Weights: declared (PM) Thursday 11 October
Acceptances: close Friday 12 October, 9:30am
Jockey Declarations: Friday 12 October, 12:00pm
Final Scratchings: Tuesday 16 October, 7:30am